Malamander, Thomas Taylor
Malamander, Thomas Taylor
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Malamander

Author: Thomas Taylor

Narrator: Will M. Watt

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/10/2019


Synopsis

A quirky, creepy fantasy set in Eerie-on-Sea finds a colorful cast of characters in hot pursuit of a sea monster thought to convey a surprising gift.It’s winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she’s sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued at that moment by a strange hook-handed man. And the town legend of the Malamander — a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true — is rearing its scaly head. As various townspeople, some good-hearted, some nefarious, reveal themselves to be monster hunters on the sly, can Herbert and Violet elude them and discover what happened to Violet’s kin? This lighthearted, fantastical mystery, featuring black-and-white spot illustrations, kicks off a trilogy of fantasies set in the seaside town.

About Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor is an award-winning author-illustrator for children. He illustrated the cover for the original British edition of the first Harry Potter book and has since gone on to write and illustrate several picture books and graphic novels. He is the illustrator of the graphic novel Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, written by Marcus Sedgwick. Thomas Taylor lives on the south coast of England.


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Goodreads review by Kai

"If the impossible is possible anywhere, it’ll be possible in Eerie-on-the-Sea." In a small seaside town that you will not have heard of, Herbert Lemon is the Lost-and-Founder of the Great Nautilus Hotel. If anyone at the hotel loses something, Herbie will find it and keep it safe for them in his Los......more

Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com Violet Parma stumbles through the window of the lost and found department at the Grand Nautilus Hotel in Eerie-On-Sea where Herbert Lemon is working. She tells Herbert he needs to hide her and fast. Soon afterward the manager of the hotel, Mr. Moll......more

“If the impossible is possible anywhere, it'll be possible in Eerie-on-the-Sea.” representation: black main character [trigger warnings are listed at the bottom of this review and may contain spoilers] ★★★★ THIS WAS SO CUTE AND FUN!!!! Highly recommend & also highly recommend the audiobook! extra coo......more

Why you should read children’s books even though you are so old and wise?!?! Because from time to time you will pick a book like this one and all the happiness and innocence and magic that surrounded you as a child will be back in a second! You will be so eager to find out what happens next?! You wi......more