Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Abreathtaking,enchantingnewseriesbydebutauthorJessicaTownsend,aboutacursedgirlwhoescapesdeathandfindsherselfinamagicalworld--butisthentestedbeyondherwildestimaginationMorriganCrowiscursed.HavingbeenbornonEventide,theunluckiestdayforanychildtobeborn,she'sblamedforalllocalmisfortunes,fromhailstormstoheartattacks--and,worstofall,thecursemeansthatMorriganisdoomedtodieatmidnightonhereleventhbirthday.ButasMorriganawaitsherfate,astrangeandremarkablemannamedJupiterNorthappears.Chasedbyblack-smokehoundsandshadowyhuntersonhorseback,hewhisksherawayintothesafetyofasecret,magicalcitycalledNevermoor.It'sthenthatMorrigandiscoversJupiterhaschosenhertocontendforaplaceinthecity'smostprestigiousorganization:theWundrousSociety.Inordertojoin,shemustcompeteinfourdifficultanddangeroustrialsagainsthundredsofotherchildren,eachboastinganextraordinarytalentthatsetsthemapart--anextraordinarytalentthatMorriganinsistsshedoesnothave.TostayinthesafetyofNevermoorforgood,Morriganwillneedtofindawaytopassthetests--orshe'llhavetoleavethecitytoconfrontherdeadlyfate.PerfectforfansoftheHarryPotterseriesandNeilGaiman,thisfast-pacedplotandimaginativeworldhasafreshnewtakeonmagicthatwillappealtoanewgenerationofreaders.,