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‘The store in question was made of shining black bricks, bricks the colour of midnight that sparkled in the blood-orange light of the setting sun.’
If you’re still on the hunt for the perfect gift for children aged between 9 and 12, then we recommend the final instalment in Ross Mackenzie’s thrilling – and award-winning – Nowhere Emporium series. With pirates, nightmares, treasure monsters and a whole lot of magic, readers will surely delight in the twists and turns on offer. But you don’t need to take our word for it – here is Ross Mackenzie to tell us more . . .
The Otherwhere Emporium
By Ross Mackenzie
Published by Floris Books
The Otherwhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie is published by Floris Books, priced £7.99.
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D. V. Bishop
D V Bishop is the author of more than twenty published novels, an award-winning screenwriter, and a TV dramatist. His crime fiction debut City of Vengeance won the Pitch Perfect competition at Bloody Scotland 2018 and was published by Pan Macmillan in …
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