by Sally Gardner
This was a hoot. I read it aloud to my seven year old daughter at bedtime over four nights, and we loved it enough that I ordered the next two from the UK. (This comes out in February from Macmillan.) In brief: infant Emily Vole is found in a hatbox in an airport, and adopted by two shallow people...
What a wonderful, delightful little book! It was really funny, magical and lovely to read. I really do hope there will be more books about Emily Vole and the magic store.