The Bookwanderers (Tilly and the Bookwanders) - Anna James

Written by Anna James
Read by Aysha Kala
Format: MP3

Pages & Co. Series, Book 1
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: September 24, 2019
Duration: 07:04:28

Since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents’ bookshop.

But when her favorite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, start showing up at the shop,Tilly’s adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their books, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses. Tilly’s new ability leads her to fun and exciting adventures, but danger may be lurking on the very next page…

When new secrets are uncovered, it’s up to Tilly to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. From debut author Anna James comes a charming and exciting adventure about a bookish young heroine, a mysterious librarian, and a magical bookshop that will delight book lovers everywhere.

Aysha Kala delivers an innocent and awed performance in the narration of Anna James’s first book. Tilly, an 11-year-old, lives in London with her grandparents above their beloved bookshop, Pages & Co. Kala voices Tilly with the appropriate dreaminess and curiosity–and a fabulous English accent. Soon, Tilly gets pulled into the books she loves so much and discovers her family’s secret of being able to wander into the stories they read. Starting on her own grand adventure to find her mother, she travels into many children’s classics, meeting many characters. Although Kala performs the story well, her lack of differentiation between voices makes it hard to follow. Nonetheless, the story’s premise will appeal to booklovers of all ages. S.K.G. � AudioFile 2019