Alyssa and the Spell Garden (Paperback)

Blending modern urban concerns with enchanting spell magic, this effervescent fantasy from the author of Oh My Gods and Friendship Never Ends sees eleven-year-old Alyssa use her powers to try to save her North London community.

When 11-year-old Alyssa is forced to spend the summer holiday with her mum's family, who she's never met before, her latent magical powers explode into life. Her great aunt runs a secret magic school in her spell garden where local kids can hone their power.

The garden grows magical spell ingredients that have protected their family and the wider neighbourhood for decades - ever since they arrived from Jamaica with their mother Effie in the 1960s. But something is going wrong and the magic is running out!

Can Alyssa use her new, unpredictable magic to set things right? A contemporary fantasy set in a small community in North London facing eviction and gentrification with a magical garden at the centre of it.