{"product_id":"katherine-rundell-kids-poisoned-king-children-s-fantasy-novel-2026304421","title":"Katherine Rundell Kids Poisoned King Children's Fantasy Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the epic adventure series loved by readers around the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduct Information: 'Katherine Rundell returns with a perfect fantasy' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unmissable new story in the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Impossible Creatures series, for fans of Philip Pullman, Percy Jackson and Skandar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There was Tolkien, now there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell' - Michael Morpurgo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he's dreamed of returning to the Archipelago - the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon's lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwards and praise for Impossible Creatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWINNER Waterstones Book of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWINNER British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWINNER Foyles Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories' - Maggie O'Farrell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Readers will seize this with delight' - Philip Pullman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien' - Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpossible Creatures Sunday Times bestseller, December 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Information: Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children's Book Award, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children's Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48333833634030,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-304421","price":9.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/9781408897478_T1.jpg?v=1784248385","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/katherine-rundell-kids-poisoned-king-children-s-fantasy-novel-2026304421","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}