But in a narrow escape, she is spirited away by a man called Jupiter North to the magical city of Nevermoor. The description for the book reads: “Morrigan’s curse dooms her to die on her next birthday. Written by Jessica Townsend, Nevermoor was published in 2017 via Little Brown and follows Morrigan Crow, a girl born on the unluckiest day and blamed for all local misfortune. Gracey will direct and is creating original music for the film, which is being written by Drew Goddard, the writer behind World War Z and The Martian. If she can just complete the trials ahead of her, maybe, just maybe, she can stay in this place she wants to call home.The young adult fantasy book Nevermoor is getting a movie musical adaption via Paramount and The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey. All she wants is to be liked and maybe even loved. They know her true nature and what she truly can achieve. There are so many ‘things’ watching Morrigan’s every move, both good and evil. The world-building is gloriously imaginative, detailed and intriguing. Morrigan Crow is instantly likeable as everyone around her either dislikes her, or is scared of her.

Should she trust Jupiter or leave Nevermoor, her new family, friends, and chance of a future, to avoid the worst shame of her life?įull of magic, strange and wunderful characters, this just may be a ‘Harry Potter’ for a new generation of readers.

Jupiter tells her not to worry, but worry she does – The Stink (Nevermoor Police Force) are after her as an illegal, and shadowy creatures called The Hunt of Smoke and Shadow are never far away. She is supposed to have a special skill, a knack, a wonderful thing she can do.

With the support of her quirky saviour and patron Captain Jupiter North and steadfast friend and fellow candidate Hawthorn, Morrigan faces her truths and fears and finally reaches the Show Trial. But the alternative is too awful to contemplate. Although thought to be cursed, Morrigan has led a sheltered wealthy life, and she can’t imagine passing any challenges thrown her way. All she has to do is pass four trials they will give her. She is taken to Nevermoor (a secret magical city) by a stranger who tells her she can be one of the privileged of the Wundrous Society. Little does Morrigan know that her entire life is about to change, where she will be a treasured member of a household, a valued friend of other children not to mention a gigantic talking cat! She is blamed for everything from the weather, to a school fire, to the gardener’s heart attack. Morrigan Crow has always been told that she is cursed and she won’t live past her 12th birthday.

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