The Train to Impossible Places

P.G. Bell

Age: 9+

£7.99

Series: Train to Impossible Places Adventures

The Train to Impossible Places

By: P.G. Bell

Illustrated by Flavia Sorrentino

Series : Train to Impossible Places Adventures

Age 9+

£7.99
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All aboard for the first journey in the bestselling Train to Impossible Places Adventures, with magic at every stop.

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award and the IBW Book Awards, with dazzling illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino, join Suzy on this magical adventure, where the journey will never, ever take you where you expect it to.


When Suzy hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for The Union of Impossible Places.

Whisked onboard by a troll-boy, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's asked to deliver a cursed package to a fearsome sorceress. And when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands...

"Great fun!" Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines

Extent:
384 pages
Dimensions:
199.8 x 145.2mm
Paperback ISBN:
9781474957410
Accelerated Reader Book Level:
5.4
Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
Middle years (MY)
Book Band:
Grey
Key Stage:
KS2, KS3
Publication Date:
February 2019
Work Reference:
04901
P.G. Bell

P.G. Bell is a native of South Wales, where he was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who. He's had all sorts of jobs over the years, from lifeguard to roller-coaster operator, but has always wanted to write stories. He lives in Wales with his wife Anna and their two children.
The Train to Impossible Places, P.G.'s debut series, has enjoyed widespread success, including shortlistings for the Branford Boase Award, the Crimefest Awards and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Find out more about P.G. Bell

Where impossible becomes possible... 

The Train to Impossible Places books are wild rides of adventure from author P.G. Bell, with glorious illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino.

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Winner

Made for Mums Award 2019

Shortlisted

The Branford Boase Award 2019

Shortlisted

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019

Shortlisted

Stockport Children's Book Award 2018

Shortlisted

Teach Primary Book Awards 2019

Shortlisted

Crimefest Book Awards 2019

Shortlisted

Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) Book Awards 2019

Shortlisted

Tower Hamlets Book Award 2019

Shortlisted

The STEAM Children's Book Prize 2020

Shortlisted

BASH 2020

Shortlisted

St Helens Schools Library Service Book Awards 2020

Shortlisted

Awesome Book Awards 2020

Nominated

The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge 2019

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All aboard for an unforgettable journey

Sunday Express

Rollicking entertainment.

The Sunday Times

Bursting with influences, particularly Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, but has a crazy, pacy charm all its own.

The Guardian

A harum-scarum fantasy adventure crammed with quirky action.

The Observer

This wickedly amusing tale of trolls and trains and physics waylaid by fuzzics, reaches out to children with its quality writing and suspenseful rip-roaring inventive adventure, but definitely speaks to adults with nods to disgruntled postal workers and train engineers.

The Independent

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