Format:Hardback 416 pages Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd Imprint:Simon & Schuster Ltd ISBN:9781398520400 Published:4 Apr 2023 Classifications:Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Mysteries, the supernatural, monsters & mythological beings (Children’s/Teenage) Readership:Children / Juvenile Weight:454g Dimensions:144 x 226 x 32 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:GB Tariff Codes:49019900 For sale in: All countries Features in Currently featured in Booktime Currently featured in Booktime Other Formats Paperback / softback Hardback CD-Audio Description Discover a world of extraordinary beasts and unexpected heroes in the dazzling debut from Kiyash Monsef. Perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling and A.F. Steadman. Once was, once wasn't . . . So began the stories Marjan's father told her as a little girl - tales of mythical beasts that filled her with curiosity and wonder: Griffons. Unicorns. Dragons. But Marjan is not a little girl anymore. After her father's sudden death, she is trying to hold it all together: her schoolwork, her friendships and her dad's struggling veterinary practice. But a mysterious visitor soon reveals that Marjan's father was no ordinary vet. The creatures from his stories are real - and he travelled the world to care for them. Stepping into a secret world hidden in plain sight, where magical creatures are bought and sold, treasured and trapped, Marjan must take her father's place. The deeper in she gets, the closer she comes to a shocking truth that will put both humans and beasts in terrible danger.