Forbidden World

Reginald has gained a dangerous power. He can shrink anything he likes. And he wants nothing less than the most famous buildings in the world. The originals in miniaturized form, of course. Gradually, he builds up a huge landscape in his cellar: the Colosseum from Rome, the Statue of Liberty from New York City, the Golestan Palace from Tehran and many buildings more become part of his collection.

But Reginald has overlooked something, or more precisely someone. Otis was locked in the Statue of Liberty and Olivia had fled from the police into the famous Berlin Department Store of the West, when suddenly at night the buildings shrank. Now the children are the size of a fingernail... While they fight for their rescue, chaos breaks out in the world outside: where have the monuments gone? And who has stolen them?

• Magical reading fun for boys and girls aged 10 and older
• Serious topics (grief, illness, fears) packaged in a child-friendly way
• Fascinating characters with identification potential
• Longseller by outstanding children's author Isabel Abedi!