Mabel Jones

by 3 books in this series
#1 - The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
#1 - The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
*Shortlisted for the Branford Boase award 2016*

When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot.

Crewed by the strangest bunch of pirates you would ever want to meet and captained by the dreaded Idryss Ebeneezer Split (a wolf with a false leg carved from a human thighbone, a rusty cutlass sheathed in his belt and a loaded pistol tucked in his pants with no fear of the consequences), the Feroshus Maggot whisks Mabel Jones off on the adventure of a lifetime.
#2 - Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City
#2 - Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City
What would you do if hungry vines emerged from your wardrobe and stole your baby sister?

If you're Mabel Jones and afraid of nothing, you'd follow!

Between Mabel and her goal is a dangerous jungle, filled with deadly monsters and poisoned jelly babies.

Can she defeat the Witch Queen and rescue her sister, or is this the last we'll see of Mabel Jones . . .?
#3 - Mabel Jones and the Doomsday Book
#3 - Mabel Jones and the Doomsday Book
Would you agree to go on a perilous TOP SECRET mission to save your best friend from the creaking gibbet?

Mabel Jones is on her way to the city of Otom in search of the legendary Doomsday Book - an ancient document that might help her save the hooman race.

But Otom is a dangerous place, packed with soldiers, spies and stinking rebels. Can Mabel escape with the book, or will she fall victim to the dreaded Grand Zhoul . . . ?

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