Molly Moon has spent her entire life in a miserable orphanage run by the hairy, snaggletoothed Miss Adderson. But when she finds a mysterious book, Molly discovers an extraordinary talent -- she can hypnotize anyone! Accompanied by Petula the pug, Molly hypnotizes her way to New York and Broadway stardom. But hot on her trail is the sinister professor, who is determined to use Molly to stage the crime of the century…
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“In the tradition of a Roald Dahl novel, this bigger-than-life tale offers dastardly villains, a sympathetic heroine who lives out every child's dream, and plenty of fast-paced action.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Kate Burton brings the rags-to-riches story to life with a broad range of voices and accents.”
— School Library Journal“Another challenger for the crown's of J.K. Rowling and Philip Pullman.”
— The Daily Telegraph (London)“Spellbinding reading.”
— The Sunday Times (London)Georgia Byng grew up outside Winchester, England, near the river Itchen, with three naughty brothers and a sister. As a child she loved acting and at eighteen went to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After college she began to paint and write. The Sock Monsters, a comic strip for five- to seven-year-olds, was her first published book in 1995. Georgia lives in a house in London full of old and new art, as her husband is the conceptual artist Marc Quinn. They and their family, Tiger, Lucas, and Sky love to travel, their favorite destination being India.
Kate Burton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is best known for her work on Broadway in Hedda Gabler, The Elephant Man, The Constant Wife, and Spring Awakening, as well as on television in Grey’s Anatomy and Empire Falls. Her films include Big Trouble in Little China, The Ice Storm, Unfaithful, and Remember Me. She played the title role in Alice in Wonderland with her father, Richard Burton, on PBS.