I can recommend the book as an interesting if flawed adventure, that only really leans towards the fantasy, nestling as it does in the "those pesky adults!" style of children's fiction, but only to those who have read much of everything else they have got their hands on. There are better books out there (and [[Palace of Laughter]] is one, in fact still my children's book of the year so far), but this is still worth considering.
I would like to thank the publishers for giving the bookbag a copy to review. We also have a review of [[Rise of the Rattler by Tim Walker]].
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