Praise for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow: Shortlisted The Readings Children's Book Prize 2018 Winner Adelaide Festival Children's Literature Award, 2020 Winner South Australian Premier's Award, 2020 Winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award, Younger Readers, 2019

Winner Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction, Cybils Award 2018 Winner Younger Fiction, Waterstones Children's Book Prize (UK) 2018 Winner Best Children's Fiction, Aurealis Awards 2017

Winner Nielsen Booksellers' Choice Award, Australian Booksellers Association Awards 2018 Winner Children's Category, Indie Book Awards 2018 Winner Book of the Year, Indie Book Awards 2018 Winner The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Australian Winner Book of the Year for Younger Children, Australian Book Industry Winner Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2018 Winner QBD Children's Book of the Year 2018 To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate. Except for Morrigan, who doesn't seem to have any special talent at all. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart. It's there that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organisation: the Wundrous Society. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide.īut as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Winner of the Dymocks and QBD Children's Book of the Year 2018 and a New York Times bestseller, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is the first in an enchanting series for fantasy fans of all ages

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.

Nevermoor by jessica townsend