The Wondrous Tale of Lavender Wolfe
Nov 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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400
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Three starred reviews!
An abandoned girl discovers found family, epic adventure, and her own destiny aboard a cursed ship sailing toward an impossible treasure in this “fabulous magical quest, strange and wonderful” (Judith Rossell, author of The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls).
Lavender Wolfe’s world is small: her mother, the pockets they pick together, and the wharf where they scrape by day to day. But when Lavender is left waiting on the harbor steps, she is swept aboard the Good Marchioness—a magical pirate ship unlike any other.
The ship’s cook, Big Agatha, insists Lavender has been abandoned. Worse, she says Lavender has magic.
Now renamed Hans Whitby and recruited as a kitchen rat, Lavender finds herself among a crew of extraordinary children, a captain with a wing instead of an arm, a ghost-fetcher, a mysterious shell that was once a boy, and a curse that threatens to turn everyone aboard into sand. To break the curse, the crew must recover a stolen treasure before time runs out . . .
But as Lavender is drawn deeper into the ship’s secrets, she begins to wonder whether she has truly been stolen—or whether she has finally found where she belongs.
An abandoned girl discovers found family, epic adventure, and her own destiny aboard a cursed ship sailing toward an impossible treasure in this “fabulous magical quest, strange and wonderful” (Judith Rossell, author of The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls).
Lavender Wolfe’s world is small: her mother, the pockets they pick together, and the wharf where they scrape by day to day. But when Lavender is left waiting on the harbor steps, she is swept aboard the Good Marchioness—a magical pirate ship unlike any other.
The ship’s cook, Big Agatha, insists Lavender has been abandoned. Worse, she says Lavender has magic.
Now renamed Hans Whitby and recruited as a kitchen rat, Lavender finds herself among a crew of extraordinary children, a captain with a wing instead of an arm, a ghost-fetcher, a mysterious shell that was once a boy, and a curse that threatens to turn everyone aboard into sand. To break the curse, the crew must recover a stolen treasure before time runs out . . .
But as Lavender is drawn deeper into the ship’s secrets, she begins to wonder whether she has truly been stolen—or whether she has finally found where she belongs.
Three starred reviews!
An abandoned girl discovers found family, epic adventure, and her own destiny aboard a cursed ship sailing toward an impossible treasure in this “fabulous magical quest, strange and wonderful” (Judith Rossell, author of The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls).
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Karen Foxlee is an Australian author who writes for both children and young adults. Her books include The Wondrous Tale of Lavender Wolfe, Dragon Skin, and Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. She writes and lives in Queensland with her daughter, cats, and parrots.
Martina Heiduczek grew up in a small fishing village on the Baltic Sea in Germany, where she spent her time galloping through the forests on her Shetland pony, drawing, or reading. She now lives in Australia and works as an illustrator. Her work is inspired by nature, people, places, and the things she sees, both moving and silly. Visit her online at MartinaHeiduczek.com.
Martina Heiduczek grew up in a small fishing village on the Baltic Sea in Germany, where she spent her time galloping through the forests on her Shetland pony, drawing, or reading. She now lives in Australia and works as an illustrator. Her work is inspired by nature, people, places, and the things she sees, both moving and silly. Visit her online at MartinaHeiduczek.com.
Karen Foxlee is an Australian author who writes for both children and young adults. Her books include The Wondrous Tale of Lavender Wolfe, Dragon Skin, and Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. She writes and lives in Queensland with her daughter, cats, and parrots.
Martina Heiduczek grew up in a small...
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