The Tunnels Below

Description

On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.

Nadine Wild-Palmer lives in South London. Her day job means she can be heard on Channel 4 as the voice-over artist announcing the programme schedules. Nadine is also a singer-songwriter and a poet and has worked as a children's librarian.

"This is an impressive debut by Nadine Wild-Palmer... She has a tremendous imagination - I loved meeting the weird and wonderful creatures in this fantasy land." - Alex O'Connell, The Times, Children's Book of the Week "This hugely imaginative debut, with a brilliantly resourceful heroine, is one to look out for." - Fiona Noble, The Bookseller "A zippy and captivating read, full of cliffhanger chapter endings and inventive fantasy elements. Reminiscent of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Cecilia is pulled into a dreamlike world, with quirky twists and turns round every corner." -- BookTrust "A crazy adventure that skirts scary but is full of beautiful moments." - Khadija Osma, Scoop Magazine "The pages really did turn themselves, and really were quite gripping in their novelty." -- The Bookbag "A brilliantly imagined other-world adventure that pitches a young girl into a very strange place, and up against a dangerous tyrant, The Tunnels Below is an impressive debut." --Books for Keeps