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The Firework-Maker's Daughter

by Philip Pullman

Ages 8–11 Reading age 9 Short chapters Set in somewhere magical adventurousfunny

Lila wants to be a firework-maker like her father, which means a journey to a volcano for royal sulphur, and a friend following behind with a talking elephant.

A story about children and animals, adventurous and funny in tone. We would put it with children of 8–11, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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