{"product_id":"malamander-9781536215151","title":"Malamander","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of Lemony Snicket or Pseudonymous Bosch will find their next adventure here.\" --\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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: Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age who lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby. She's sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find her parents. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued 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? Featuring black-and-white spot illustrations, this lighthearted, fantastical mystery kicks off the Legends of Eerie-on-Sea series -- now available in paperback with a bright new cover featuring Herbie and Violet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Taylor \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning author-illustrator for children. He illustrated the cover for the very first British edition of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and has since gone on to write and illustrate several picture books and young novels, most recently the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eScarlett Hart: Monster Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e by Marcus Sedgwick. He lives on the south coast of England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArt director by day and author-illustrator by night, \u003cb\u003eTom Booth\u003c\/b\u003e is a maker of acclaimed children's books, including \u003ci\u003eDon't Blink!, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis Is Christmas, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWho Wins?\u003c\/i\u003e He made his earliest marks -- sometimes on his parents' antique kitchen table -- growing up in Pennsylvania. Now living in Brooklyn, New York, he is currently at work on several children's books on a table all his own.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Walker Books Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617212436754,"sku":"9781536215151","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_487997cf-4d6f-494f-bbe1-987001b1076c.jpg?v=1732513341","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/malamander-9781536215151","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}