The Secret of Platform 13

Eva Ibbotson

1994 • 231 pages

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Odge Gribble, a young hag, joins an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a journey from their magical island kingdom to London through a tunnel which opens every nine years for nine days, to try and rescue the young prince who had been stolen as an infant nine years before.

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Deb Nance

Three nursemaids venture off their magical island during the once-every-nine-years open window between the island and the real world. In the process, their charge, the baby prince of the king and queen of the island, is stolen by an evil woman desperately longing for a child. The king and queen are bereft. Finally, nine years pass and the royal couple sends an entourage of magical beings to find and rescue the lost prince.

January 1, 2007