The Ice Children

The Ice Children is a modern fairytale adventure celebrating the magic and wonder of winter by the award-winning, bestselling author of Adventures on Trains and Twitch and Beetle Boy M. G. Leonard. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen', this is perfect for boys and girls of 8-12. Illustrated throughout by Penny Neville-Lee.

M. G. Leonard, the award-winning bestselling author of the Adventures on Trains series and Twitch , dazzles in this future classic with a powerful message at its core. Gorgeously illustrated in black- and-white throughout by Penny Neville-Lee this hardback is a perfect gift for boys and girls of 8-12. At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park on a pedestal of ice. The doctor says his heart is beating, he is smiling serenely, but no one can wake him. Finn''s big sister, Bianca begins to suspect that the beautiful sparkling book Finn got from the library has something to do with it but the mysterious book has vanished and no one will listen. Each day, more children are frozen and Bianca realises she''s running out of time. Is there a connection between the peculiar stranger wearing a top hat and the disappearing books? The search for truth hurls Bianca into a fantastical winter wonderland where all is not as it seems . . . Can Bianca remember her mission and find a way to save her brother and the other Ice Children before all their hearts are lost forever?

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M. G. Leonard has made up stories since she was a little girl, but back then adults called them lies or tall tales and she didn’t write them down. As a grown up, she has written stories about fantastical beetles, beautiful birds and thrilling train rides. Her books have been translated into over forty languages and won many awards. She is the vice president of the insect charity Buglife, and a founding author of Authors4Oceans. She lives in England, by the sea, with her husband, two sons, a dog called Nell, and a variety of exotic beetles. She is the bestselling writer of children’s books such as The Ice Children, Beetle Boy, the *Adventures on Trains series and The Twitchers ***books.Penny Neville-Lee was raised on a healthy diet of Saturday cartoons and MGM musicals. Never happier than when creating, she spent her early years drawing and making and was rarely found without a doodle somewhere in the margins. Penny studied MA Painting at the Royal College of Art. After several years making large oil paintings of gloomy woods in the company of Radio 4 and some studio mice, she had her small son, shifted to the kitchen table and realised there might be something in those doodles after all. Penny is inspired by small people, bright colours, a blank page and newly sharpened pencils. She lives in Manchester with her two children, husband and very adventurous cat.