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Jack's Secret World: An unforgettable magical adventure for readers aged 7+
Jack Ryder, Alice McKinley
For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 9 years, Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage)
Join Jack and the gang on another unforgettable adventure, full of magic and mayhem - for fans of The Famous Five and Roald Dahl.
Everything changed the day Jack and his neighbours Bruno and Rocco went to explore the old empty house.
There they discovered a strange girl called Blossom, who introduced them to a world of magic - talking to animals, flying like birds, and even... a doorway to another world, hidden within the ivy-covered walls of the old house.
Now the gang have gone through the doorway, looking for Blossom's missing dad, the man who made the magic.
But finding him will be just the start of the adventure, as Blossom's dad has a mission for the gang, and they're going to need all the magical powers they can get.
Jack Ryder
Jack Ryder was cast in the role of Jamie Mitchell in EastEnders at the age of 16, a character he played for five years. He then moved into theatre, performing in plays by Alan Bennett, Tim Firth and David Hare, before going on to direct Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and the West End production of The Band Musical. He played Evan Crowhurst in Holby City in 2019, and in January 2020 he is directing a production of Alan Bennet's The History Boys. It is his lifelong ambition to be a children's book author.
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