The Song of the Quarkbeast

The second in Jasper Fforde's Dragonslayer trilogy for younger readers, this is magical, hilarious and irreverent writing. Magical power is on the rise and King Snodd IV of Hereford and wants ultimate control. Only one person stands between Snodd and his plans for unimaginable power and riches. Jennifer Strange, the sixteen-year-old acting manager of Kazam, the employment agency for sorcerers and soothsayers, may only have one functioning Wizard and her faithful assistant to help her, but ut one thing is certain: she will not relinquish the noble powers of Magic to big business and commerce without a fight.