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'Hello, my name is Martha Grimstone. Shall I tell you my best secret? One day I'm going to be Lady Martha the Magnificent. I don't know what my special talent is, but I hope to find it any day now. I live in a grand old house in a valley full of rare and precious herbs, which my grandfather uses to heal and comfort people. But they haven't worked on Mama; she cries a lake of tears every night. If only I could get into Grandpa Grimstone's apothecary and work my very own spell!

'Hatched is a gothic fairytale about a girl who keeps her secrets safe between two pieces of cardboard, a mother who sews garments lined with love, and a giant egg that seems to take forever to hatch.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Publisher: Allen and Unwin

Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .

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Extent: 122p.
Description: col. illus.

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Publication date: February 2012.

ISBN: 9781742376882 (pbk.)
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y The Grimstones Collection Asphyxia , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8348821 2015 selected work children's fiction children's fantasy Abstract
'Hello, my name is Martha Grimstone. Shall I tell you my best secret? One day I'm going to be Lady Martha the Magnificent. I don't know what my special talent is, but I hope to find it any day now. I live in a grand old house in a valley full of rare and thirsty herbs, which my grandfather uses to heal and comfort people. If only he would let me into his apothecary so I could work on my very own spells.....The Grimstones Collection contains four gothic fairytales about a giant egg, a magical doll's house, a stubborn whirlwind, and a school of very great tradition... ' (Publication summary)
Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015
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Asphyxia's Tale Will Take Your Breath Away Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2012; (p. 9)

Untitled Carody Culver , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone Asphyxia , 2012 single work children's fiction