The Edge of the Ocean (2) (Strangeworlds Travel Agency)

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Flick tries to save a watery world from total destruction in this magical second book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series. \nFlick is now a badge-wearing member of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, so when an urgent summons arrives at from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to The Break, a world of magic and piracy.\nNyfe’s world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can’t be explained by giant squid or merpeople. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely.\nBut how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? Or fit in a mer-queen the size of a whale? Flick and Jonathan must find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever.
Review \n★ Flick Hudson and Jonathan Mercator are back, responding to another crisis of magic in the multiverse... These books, like Jonathan himself, are both firmly old-fashioned and thoroughly modern. Fantastic, from start to (the zinger of a) finish. -
KIRKUS, starred review\nL. D. Lapinski's talent for magical world-building is out in full force in this stunningly imaginative book... Witty, poignant, and filled with larger than lif echaracters (no, really - Leviatha the Mer-Queen is the size of a block of flats), this much anticipated sequel to The Strangeworlds Travel Agency is an absolute must-read...
- Booktrust\n​
A wonderful fantasy adventure for all young readers who love a touch of magic! -
The West Australian\nAbout the Author \nL. D.Lapinski is the author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency trilogy,published by Orion Children's (UK), by Aladdin, Simon & Schuster(USA), and around the world in fourteen other languages.\nL. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with her family, a lotof books, and a cat called Hector. L.D. first wrote a book when she wasseven; it was made of lined paper and sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane.\nExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter 1\n1\nFlick twirled the magnifying glass between her fingers. The brass handle was speckled with little marks and imperfections. There was a deep scrape close to the round lens, there were little scratches running down the slender, pen-like handle, and a dark smudge of something that refused to budge, no matter how often Flick cleaned it.\nShe looked over the little instrument, not through the glass itself for the moment, enjoying the anticipation. Looking through the magnifier was a treat to be savored.\nShe spun the handle quickly, tripping it through her fingers in a practiced movement that she’d spent far too many nights perfecting. She was lying on her bed, the pink glow from the agate slice on top of her old lamp lighting up the room in a way that reminded her of the gentle glow of a forest made of crystal and magic, a whole other world away. A world she had walked in.\nFlick closed her eyes and took a steadying breath. Then she raised the magnifying glass to her right eye, keeping her left closed. The first time she had tried this, lying on her bed, she had dropped the instrument on her head.\nBecause this was no ordinary magnifying glass. And Felicity Hudson was no ordinary person. The magnifying glass in Flick’s hand contained glass that came from another world, and the little instrument had been made by someone who knew the nature of the enchantment.\nTo look through it—if you had the right gift—was to see a hidden magic. Quite literally. And as Flick looked through it, she smiled.\nThe air around her swarmed with magic. Glittering, golden, white-crested glimmers on the air that drifted silently, unseen by everyone but her. Flick’s smile grew into a wide grin as she watched the golden sparkles swirl and ballet-danc