☂️Nevermoor - Jessica Townsend (MG)

A cursed girl escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination

Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's 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 her eleventh birthday.

But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.

It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. 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 - an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. 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.

Middle grade, magic, fantasy 465 pages

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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

465 pages, Hardcover
First published October 12, 2017
Literary awards

Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction (2017), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Children's (2018), Adelaide Festival Award for Premier's Award and Children's Literature (2020), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Book Of The Year, for Younger Children (ages 7-12), and for The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year (2018), Prix des libraires du Québec for Jeunesse 12-17 ans (2020), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit jeunesse (2019).

The Nevermoor series
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017)
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (2018)
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (2020)
Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (10 October 2024)

Jessica Townsend (18 April 1985) is an Australian author known for the children's fantasy novel series, The Nevermoor series. She wrote her first story at the age of 7, and it was published in a local library newsletter. Townsend began writing what would become the first Nevermoor book the year she left high school. She worked as a copywriter for 8 years and at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo for 5 years, including as an editor of its children's magazine Crikey! She moved to London at age 22 and has lived off and on in Queensland and London for the last 10 years. The sale of the Nevermoor books has allowed Townsend to become a full-time writer.