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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Jessica Townsend
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'Jessica Townsend's first book, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017) was the biggest-selling Australian children's debut since records began. The sequel, Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow was published in 2018.

Nevermoor won the 2018 ABIA for Book of the Year, Book of the Year for Younger Readers and Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year; the 2018 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year and Children's Category; the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction; and was named a CBCA notable book.

Nevermoor has been compared to Harry Potter, and is the first of a planned nine-book series for middle-grade readers.'

Source: Introduction.

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  • Nevermoor Jessica Townsend , 2017 series - author children's fiction
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