Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James

There are very clear rules for what can and can’t happen, and how it affects the stories themselves – which made it easy to follow the stakes.Īll the books Tilly goes into or meets characters from are classic books – presumably because of copyright laws! The characters Tilly meets felt so true to the original representations of them, with their mannerisms and tones. It was so much fun to live out the dream of meeting characters through Tilly, to imagine the conversations you could have – and then to be shown the dangers. I watched the Inkheart movie and got all of ten pages into the book before giving up, but TILLY AND THE BOOKWANDERERS was a brilliant place to start reading this sort of book and I wish I’d tried books like this before! I have never read a book about real books coming to life and characters going into them (fictional books, yes, but not real ones).

Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face. With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland.

One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of `book wandering’ – crossing over from the page into real life. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories. She was shortlisted for the Kim Scott Walwyn Award for Women in Publishing in 2015, and the London Book Fair Trailblazers Award in 2016.Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. She hosts literary events and panels and is the co-founder and host of the YA Salon in London. Anna has also written for The Pool, The LA Times, The Financial Times and The Independent, as well as making bookish YouTube videos as A Case For Books. Anna was Book News Editor at The Bookseller magazine and was Literary Editor of Elle UK. Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face.Ībout the Author: Anna James is a writer and journalist living in London.

One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of ‘book wandering’ – crossing over from the page into real life. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.Įleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. A magical adventure to delight the imagination.

Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James