Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow is marked as a cursed child, blamed for every local misfortune and told she will die on her eleventh birthday, until the eccentric Jupiter North spirits her away on Eventide itself into the secret city of Nevermoor. There she has one year to win one of nine spots in the Wundrous Society by surviving a series of increasingly strange trials, all while hiding the very talent that would have her expelled if it were discovered. Jessica Townsend's series opener reads like a warm, British fairground answer to Harry Potter, with hotel clerks who are giant cats, shadow hounds stalking the streets, and a heroine who refuses the identity the world has assigned her.
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Morrigan Crow has been told her whole life she will die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. A flamboyant stranger named Jupiter North arrives in time to spirit her into the secret magical city of Nevermoor.
Jessica Townsend has published three Nevermoor novels so far: Nevermoor, Wundersmith, and Hollowpox. The series is planned to continue across more books.
Nevermoor is middle grade, recommended for readers 9 to 12. It has been widely embraced by Harry Potter fans looking for similar magical-school adventure with a fresh world.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow was written by Jessica Townsend, published in 2017 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is 354 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is a standalone novel by Jessica Townsend, not part of a series.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.