Free shipping on orders over $99
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

by Karen Foxlee
Paperback
Age range: 8 to 12 years old Publication Date: 10/02/2015

Share This Book:

RRP  $21.99

RRP means 'Recommended Retail Price' and is the price our supplier recommends to retailers that the product be offered for sale. It does not necessarily mean the product has been offered or sold at the RRP by us or anyone else.

$21.75
or 4 easy payments of $5.44 with
afterpay
"Magic is "messy and dangerous and filled with longing," we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the end of the world."--The Wall Street Journal

This is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister Alice are still grieving for their dead mother when their father takes a job in a strange museum in a city where it always snows. On her very first day in the museum Ophelia discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room.  He is a prisoner of Her Majesty, the Snow Queen.  And he has been waiting for Ophelia's help.

As Ophelia embarks on an incredible journey to rescue the boy everything that she believes will be tested. Along the way she learns more and more about the boy's own remarkable journey to reach her and save the world.

A story within a story, this a modern day fairytale about the power of friendship, courage and love, and never ever giving up.
ISBN:
9780385753562
9780385753562
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
8 to 12 years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-02-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
193.8x133.1x13.97mm
Weight:
0.15kg
Karen Foxlee

Karen Foxlee is an Australian author who writes for both kids and grown-ups. Her first novel, The Anatomy of Wings, won numerous awards including the Dobbie Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book.

Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy, Karen’s first novel for children, was published internationally to much acclaim, while her second novel for younger readers, A Most Magical Girl, won the Readings Children’s Fiction Prize in 2017 and was CBCA shortlisted the same year. Karen lives in south-east Queensland with her daughter and several animals, including two wicked parrots who frequently eat parts of her laptop when she isn’t looking.

Her passions are her daughter, writing, daydreaming, baking, running and swimming in the sea.

This title is in stock with our overseas supplier and should arrive at our Sydney warehouse within 1 - 2 weeks of you placing an order.

Once received into our warehouse we will despatch it to you with a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.

Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:

ACT Metro: 2 working days
NSW Metro: 2 working days
NSW Rural: 2-3 working days
NSW Remote: 2-5 working days
NT Metro: 3-6 working days
NT Remote: 4-10 working days
QLD Metro: 2-4 working days
QLD Rural: 2-5 working days
QLD Remote: 2-7 working days
SA Metro: 2-5 working days
SA Rural: 3-6 working days
SA Remote: 3-7 working days
TAS Metro: 3-6 working days
TAS Rural: 3-6 working days
VIC Metro: 2-3 working days
VIC Rural: 2-4 working days
VIC Remote: 2-5 working days
WA Metro: 3-6 working days
WA Rural: 4-8 working days
WA Remote: 4-12 working days

Reviews

Be the first to review Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy.