The Firework Maker’s Daughter

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That Lila wants to be more than anything else in the world is . . . A Firework-Maker!

But firework-making is not just about being able to make Crackle-Dragons and Golden Sneezes. There is also one special secret: every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend!

Not knowing that she needs special protection to survive the Fire-Fiend’s flames, Lila sets off alone. Her friends, Chulak and Hamlet – the King’s white elephant – race after her. But can they possibly reach her in time?

A wonderfully written adventure story Guardian
Full of hilarious, lovable characters this is a book you will want to read over and over again Sunday Times
Interview with Philip Pullman about the play version of this title at the Oxford Playhouse. Oxford Mail
One of those rare books with a confident magic all their own – sheer genius Independent
Pullman knows it is not enough to bargain on the richness of children’s minds: successful writing of this kind depends on the creation of imaginative worlds that have enough internal coherence to be not only comprehensible but inhabitable. Independent on Sunday