2019
Princess Ava finds a portal that takes her from the colourful
kingdom of Biscotti to Camden, London. Here
she learns to ride a BMX bike and become rather good at it. But the portal is used by others including her
wicked aunt, Odette, who tries to turn the kingdom of Biscotti into a theme park
for our world. The usual battle of good against evil ensues and Ava is helped
by her BMX friend from the other world, Ethan.
Unusually here Marie Basing uses a first person narrative. However this really works as it gives us a real
sense of Ava’s personality.
This is a long book – some 282 pages. The text is blocked
and an adult font is used but it is double-spaced. Each chapter heading is illuminated
with a monochrome sketch. Throughout the
books are further monochrome illustrations by Flavia Sorrentino.
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