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GOBLIN SECRETS

January 2012, Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 256 pp

In the National Book Award–winning Goblin Secrets, a boy joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to find his missing brother.

Rownie, the youngest in Graba’s witchy household of stray children, escapes and goes looking for his missing brother. He joins a goblin theater troupe, learns about the secret origins of masks and stagecraft, discovers why acting is forbidden in Zombay, and saves his beloved city from looming disaster. This accessible, atmospheric fantasy takes a gentle look at love, loss, and family while delivering a fast-paced adventure that is sure to satisfy.

STARRED REVIEWS

KIRKUS – “wryly humorous and bearably yet excitingly menacing: Even while much is left unexplained, Rownie’s triumph is both gripping and tantalizing.”

ACCOLADES

Winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS

Chinese SimplifiedThinKingdom Media Group Ltd.
English (UK)Constable and Robinson
SpanishEdtiorial Oceano