The Spell of Whirldungen

The Spell of Whirldungen is a novel for children aged nine years and over from A. J. Madelin.

Young Chris Spratt gets a life-changing letter delivered to him during the summer holidays.

He, with his friends Rosie, Ollie and Will, are all given special places at a rather unusual school called Cluifers, which is under the control of Dr. Black.

Whilst at the school they discover that Dr Black is a wicked person who, using his magical powers, created the school with the sole purpose of destroying them.

They realise that, in order to defeat Dr Black, they must find a rather nasty spell, the spell of Whirldungen, before Dr Black finds it

But where, exactly, is the spell? Aided by their magical friends, the shape-shifting moggy-clogs, Chris' very own personal genie and a talking book (a talking book who knew Chris' missing father) you'll travel on a mystical and scary journey with Chris and his friends as they have to make their way to the wonderful Library of Leaves which is in the Academy of Mandria, a magical, yet also somewhat risky place to be in.

There are gargoyles with the distressing habit of coming to life, clothing with the ability to kill you, not to mention the spell they are trying to find, Chris and his band of friends and helpers are on a very dangerous path. But it's a path that they must follow if they are to defeat the vile and evil Dr Black.

But can they succeed? Read this book with your children (It's a great book for sharing) and find out!

It's published by Matador at £8.99.