Spilling the Magic

Spilling the Magic #1

by Stephen Moore

Spending the summer holidays with boring relatives, life looks bleak for Billy and Mary, until . . . They discover a strange book of spells, stolen from its owner, and find themselves whisked into the mysterious, multi-coloured world of Murn. A world of floating mountains: A world where pigs can fly and dragons are vegetarian! But a broken world knee-deep in spilt magic.

Can they find the owner of the book before it is too late? Can Billy and Mary put the magic back where it belongs? Can they ever go home again?

Genres: Fantasy

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 1996

About the author

I'm a British author who's written several successful fantasy novels for older children, young-adults and adult readers. The very first book I wrote, a fantasy adventure called SPILLING THE MAGIC, was published in 1996 by Hodder Children’s Books. Its sequel, FIDDLESTICKS AND FIRESTONES, quickly followed. My most notable success came in 1998 with the publication of the highly acclaimed TOOTH AND CLAW and its sequel SKIN AND BONE, both gritty, 'talking animal' fantasies. THE BRUGAN followed in 1999. DEAD EDWARD, a fantasy ghost story, in 2001, and FAY, an urban fairy tale, in 2006. Finally, 2015 saw the appearance of my first fantasy novel for adults when Harper Voyager published GRAYNELORE, my ‘grown-up fairy tale’. Along the way I’ve had books translated into Hebrew, Italian and Russian. I live in the North of England, a landscape which has been a strong influence on many of my fictional worlds. However, I have no plans to write more. That said, I'm definitely not dead; life's big adventure goes on…

Reviews

[Heather Cawte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Stephen Moore's children's fantasy books, and I'm thoroughly enjoying rereading them as Kindle books. His characters are very lively and plausible, particularly the children, and his imagination creates all kinds of bizarre creatures, settings and events. Just a joy to read!

[Ann Rooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

All Stephen's books are on my daughter's bookshelf, she loved them and couldn't wait for the next. Truly magical fun for children on their way to a grown up read.