Lila dreams of being a firework-maker like her father. But it isn’t all about creating Crackle-Dragons & Golden Sneezes. Like every firework-maker before her, Lila must also make a nightmarish journey to battle Razvani, the evil Fire-Fiend. On her journey she outwits pirates, raging beasts & a furious emperor. But will she survive the Fire-Fiend’s blazing wrath? Inspired by Philip Pullman’s own love of fireworks & their names – Incandescent Fountain, Golden Vesuvius – this exotic story crackles with suspense & wonder. A dazzling short novel by a celebrated literacy master Shimmering with colour, humour, magic & imagination Philip Pullman is the best-loved author of Northern Lights He has won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Prize“ One of those rare books with a confident magic all their own… delivered with a lightness of touch that is sheer genius.” Independent Supplied as a pack of six copies. piecorbettreadingspine pm 19-offer