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Astound Illustrator in The Guardian’s Biggest Trends at London Book Fair!

Published on 08/06/2023

Exciting news! The new title Spellcasters, illustrated by Astound’s Wendy Tan has been mentioned in The Guardian’s article for the biggest trends at London Book Fair!

Spellcasters is the latest release written by Crystal Sung, and published by Hachette Children’s Group! The empowering, action-packed middle grade series made it into The Guardian’s top 5 trends from LBF in the fantasy fiction category.

Read more about the book below:

Welcome to Spellcroft Street, where ancient magic meets girl power! Four friends channel the magical abilities of their ancestors to protect their community in this empowering, action-packed new series for readers aged 7+.

Congrats to Wendy, Crystal, and the Hachette team!

Click here to buy your copy today! Spellcasters is book 1 out of a series with much more to come, and we are ecstatic to follow along with the rest of the series!

 

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