Be swept away by an exquisite and unforgettable adventure from a stunning new talent in children's storytelling. Brimming with heart-thumping adventure, wild and unreliable magic, a dark mystery to be solved and a gang of courageous and plucky children battling powerful adults: this is the perfect magical read for fans of Northern Lights, The Unadoptables, The Hatmakers, Brightstorm and Orphans of the Tide.
Meet Ista Flit. Daughter. Face-changer. Thief . . .
Amongst the cobbled streets and misty alleyways of Shelwich, magic rises and falls with the Tide. When the Tide is out, the magic ebbs to a low murmur. When the Tide is in, the magic is high - and Tide-blessings are at their strongest.
For most people, the Tide-blessing they are born with is nothing more than a simple party trick: eyes that change colour, or the ability to recite a poem backwards. Some, though, are blessed with more powerful gifts. Telepathy. Flight. Or, in the case of Ista Flit, being able to transform to look like someone else. Anyone else...
Ista has come to Shelwich in search of her missing father, and she'll do anything to find him - even work for Shelwich's most notorious thief. Then she meets Nat and Ruby, both struggling with their own search: Nat for his little brother, Ravi, and Ruby for her sister Saf. As more strange disappearances send shockwaves through the town, they must form a tentative friendship and draw on all the Tidemagic they can to unravel a mystery that leads to an old, abandoned theatre, and to the ancient caves beneath Shelwich. But what they find there will be far more than they have bargained for...
| ISBN: | 9780241636053 |
| Publication date: | 2nd May 2024 |
| Author: | Clare Harlow |
| Illustrator: | Karl James Mountford |
| Publisher: | Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
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An enjoyable exciting adventure in a magical world where everyone has a different special ability.
I enjoyed Tidemagic. The story is about Ista who has lost her father and is searching for him and other people who have gone missing. In this world there is lots of magic and everyone has a different magical ability but the magic gets weaker and stronger with the tide. It is an exciting adventure with lots of unexpected twists. I enjoyed the book more once Ista was working with Nat and Ruby and they made a good team. The end of the book made me want to keep reading to find out what happened, and I now want to read more about Ista’s next adventures!... Read Full Review
