Today is publication day for The Ghosts of Magnificent Children by Caroline Busher.
The year is 1848. It is a time when magic and ghosts exist. Four Magnificent Children are captured by Badblood’s Circus. Theo can look into your eyes and reveal your secret thoughts, which come out of his mouth like a swarm of bees. Ginny has a bird called Blue living inside her. Her ribs are woven together to form a birdcage. Blue perches on a swing made from one of her ribs. And the Thought-reading Twins, Archie and Millie Uxbridge, have an extraordinary ability to read each other’s minds. They become stars of the circus but are unaware that Badblood has a dark and secret plan.
One hundred years later the children’s ghosts appear on an island off the coast of Ireland where a boy called Rua befriends them. Rua discovers that a terrible fate awaits them and, in a desperate race against time, he struggles to learn how they may be saved.
Praise for The Ghosts of Magnificent Children:
“An excellent and original voice, with shades of Neil Gaiman and Lemony Snicket” – Eoin Colfer
“Beautiful, captivating and evocative. Characters leap from the page and the setting and story stay with you long after you finish. A fresh and exciting new voice in children’s fiction” – E. R. Murray
“A startlingly original character in Ginny and a plot loaded with menace” – Abi Ephinstone
“An exciting and completely original imagination…Caroline Busher writes with verve, color and deep compassion for people of all ages…a stunning debut” – Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
Congratulations Caroline!
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