The Grandest Bookshop in the World

Written by Amelia Mellor

Book #1 in the The Grandest Bookshop series

Two siblings must win seven magical challenges to save their bookshop home.

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304 pages· ~700L· AR ~4.5

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Bookroo's summary

In 1893, Pearl and Vally Cole live in Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne, the grandest bookshop in the world, full of talking parrots, voice-changing sweets and stories their father writes just for them. When they learn Pa has risked the Arcade, and himself, in a deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings must beat seven challenges before the clock strikes midnight.

From the publisher

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade - and himself - in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail Pearl and Vally won't just lose Pa - they'll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.

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