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A Not-So-Impossible Tale
Series · 4 books · 2013-2016

Books in series

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#1

Pugs of the Frozen North

2015

The Race to the Top of the World! It comes around once in a lifetime, and the prize? Your heart's desire. Shen and Sika can't resist the chance to win, but competition is fierce. The path to victory is littered with snow trolls, sea monsters, and a gang of particularly hungry yetis. But Shen and Sika have something the other contestants don't have. Actually, they have 66 other things; pugs to be exact. That's a 264 paw-powered sled. Let the race begin!
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#2

Oliver and the Seawigs

2013

Oliver grew up in a family of explorers - but his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there's the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of greasy, green sea monkeys to contend with . . .
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#3

Cakes in Space

2014

Astra and her family are travelling through space to a new home on Nova Mundi, when their space ship is attacked! Killer cupcakes, batty battenbergs, and marauding muffins - cakey fiends are on the loose! It's up to Astra and her robot friend, Pilbeam, to stop them before they destroy her ship... After all, people should eat cakes, not the other way round...
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#4

Jinks and O'Hare Funfair Repair

2016

Emily loves living on Funfair Moon - especially when she gets to help Jinks & O'Hare, the extraordinary repair team. But when chaos strikes during a crucial funfair inspection, Emily has to act fast. Can she deal with a violent fudgesplosion, a gravity inversion, and a marauding candyfloss creature? Or does this spell doom for Funfair Moon?

Author

Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve
Author · 37 books

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for a number of years while also co-writing, producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects. Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons for around forty children's books, including the best-selling Horrible Histories, Murderous Maths and Dead Famous series. Railhead, published by Oxford University Press, will be published in the UK in October 2015 Pugs of the Frozen North, written with Sarah McIntyre, is out now.

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