The Secret of Lillian Velvet (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781646142613)

A Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Book of 2023

Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognize). And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around all. Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what is her secret?

Only Jaclyn Moriarty has the ability to make readers laugh even while they grip the sides of their chairs in suspense. In The Secret of Lillian Velvet she is at the height of her storytelling powers, spinning, spinning, spinning seemingly disparate elements until all is revealed as one delicious, tantalizing whole.

P R A I S E

★ "Readers will have a hard time closing this book... A must-have for any middle grade collection with fantasy lovers, and those who enjoy the likes of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, and Lemony Snicket."
--School Library Journal (starred)

★ "Enticing... In the nostalgic fantasy novel The Secret of Lillian Velvet, a child gains friendships and fresh insights about herself through extraordinary interdimensional travels."
--Foreword Reviews (starred)

"Absorbingly rich and strange."
--Kirkus

"Sparkles with energy, warm humor, and outrageous metaphors."
--Horn Book

Author: Jaclyn Moriarty
ISBN-10: 1646142616
ISBN-13: 9781646142613
Publisher: Levine Querido
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2023
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2023 pg. 78
Foreword 08/27/2023
School Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 91