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The Land of Roar

By: Jenny McLachlan, Ben Mantle - illustrator
Narrated by: Billy Ashcroft
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Publisher's Summary

The first in a children’s fantasy adventure series, full of imagination, humour and heart, and with echoes of Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Neverending Story and Jumanji.

The Land of Roar is perfect for children aged 8 to 12, and can join Nevermoor, Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon in the audio library. Listeners can bring their fantasy world to life and meet dragons, unicorns, mermaids and more in this children’s book.

Believing is just the beginning…

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad’s attic. Roar was filled with things they loved – dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure – as well as things that scared them (including a very creepy scarecrow…)

Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad is pulled into the folding bed and vanishes. Is he playing a joke? Or is Roar…real?

©2019 Jenny McLachlan (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

'This funny, captivating story is filled with the painful pangs of growing up and the transporting qualities of imagination.' Guardian

‘Roar is an exhilarating, hilarious, vividly drawn tribute to the power of the childhood imagination, the love of family and the magic we risk losing as we grow up.’ Sarah Driver, author of The Huntress trilogy

'A vividly imagined adventure...full of heart, humour and a terrifying villain.' Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

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