An enchanting book set in a world where the odd is the ordinary, evil has many faces and love is the most powerful magic of them all.Twelve-year-old Grubb lives a hand-to-mouth existence in Victorian England, working as a chimney sweep under a cruel master. After an incident at an inn, he hides in the trunk of one of its guests, the enigmatic Alistair Grim, and is whisked away to his Odditorium, a wonderful flying house full of incredible mechanical features powered by an enigmatic substance called animus.Now apprenticed to Grim, Grubb begins to settle into his new life and find a new family in the eccentric crew of the Odditorium, when suddenly his new world comes under attack by the evil Prince Nightshade and he is propelled into a perilous quest. As he gets caught up in the struggle, Grubb will learn valuable lessons and discover remarkable secrets about himself and his new host.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Chapter One Grubb with a Double B
- Chapter Two The Lamb
- Chapter Three The Boy in the Trunk
- Chapter Four Good Evening, Mr Grim
- Chapter Five A New Friend
- Chapter Six Pocket Watches Can Be Trouble
- Chapter Seven The Man in the Goggles
- Chapter Eight Shadows Fall
- Chapter Nine Unexpected Guests
- Chapter Ten The Battle in the Clouds
- Chapter Eleven A Lesson in Power
- Chapter Twelve Nigel’s Secret
- Chapter Thirteen Sirens’ Eggs & Banshees, Please
- Chapter Fourteen The Wasp Rider
- Chapter Fifteen Prisoners
- Chapter Sixteen There Be Dragons
- Chapter Seventeen In the Court of Nightshade
- Chapter Eighteen The Tournament
- Chapter Nineteen The Mirror
- Chapter Twenty One Last Bit
- Acknowledgements
- Character List
- Glossary of Odditoria