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JANE'S ADVENTURES by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

Age range: 8 - 11

Illustrated by Nicolas Hill


JANE'S ADVENTURES IN AND OUT OF THE BOOK
When Jane's parents go off to America, leaving her behind in their enormous castle, she begins to explore. Riding down the long passages on a vacuum cleaner, Jane discovers an old dusty library, and in it a book, a great magic book whose pages allow her to enter other worlds...

''inventive, varied, full of surprises...and so compellingly written it is difficult to put down' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

JANE'S ADVENTURES ON THE ISLAND OF PEEG
When Jane is sent to a strict Scottish boarding school on the rainy Island of Peeg she decides to run away, but finds that the Island, with two old soldiers convinced the war is still on, has run away with her instead.

'amazingly ingenious and very, very funny' DAILY TELEGRAPH

JANE'S ADVENTURES IN A BALLOON
Jane continues her adventures when she floats away with Mrs Deal, her redoubtable nanny, in the airship her father has just consructed.

'No fantasy is nicer than floating over the world and looking down on it from reasonably snug aerial accommodation' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Rights :
Laura Cecil (Film & TV)
Overlook Press (Volume)

Publishers:
US : Overlook Press