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The Griffin Gate

By Vashti Hardy (Author), Natalie Smillie (Illustrator)

Series Everyone Can Be a Reader (The Griffin Maps)

Price$8.99

Pub Date 1/14/2025

ISBN 9781454958529

Format Paperback

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OVERVIEW

“Warden Griffin at your service. Can I ask if you’ve seen a monster in the area . . . ?”

Grace’s family are wardens of the Griffin Map, using its teleport technology to fight crime across Moreland. Although Grace is still too young, she longs to go on missions herself.

After all, if her brother, Bren, can do it, why can’t she? So when Grace finds herself alone with the map when a distress call comes in, she jumps at the chance to prove she’s up to the task. But the map transports Grace to a remote village where nothing is quite as it seems . . . Has she taken on more than she can handle?

Union Square & Co.’s EVERYONE CAN BE A READER books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.

PRAISE

"Hardy (the Brightstorm Twins series) presents a gentle and cozy series opener in this steampunk-tinged adventure . , . Midcentury-style b&w illustrations by Smillie (How to Be a Princess) depicting action sequences add suspense."
—Publishers Weekly

"This series is a fantastic choice for libraries, especially in areas where mysteries are popular with young readers."
—School Library Journal on the Griffin Maps series -

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Vashti Hardy is the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of children’s books including the Blue Peter Book Award winner Wildspark. Vashti’s other titles include the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted Brightstorm and the FCBG Children’s Book Award shortlisted The Griffin Gate.