the strange world travel agency

L. D. Lapinski

                  When 12-year-old Flick Hudson finds The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore the multiverse...

​A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.

Cover illustration by Natalie Smillie

A KIRKUS REVIEWS Best MG of 2021 'Favourite Book' and Best MG Fantasy and SF 2021

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          'The writing at times is reminicent of Diana Wynne Jones... Utterly delightful.' - Kirkus Starred Review

'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian

'Young readers who love fast-paced stories with lots of adventure, imagination and magic will love this' - Irish Independent

'You'll love this entertaining, magical adventure' - The Week Junior

'This thrilling debut by LD Lapinski is the perfect story to disappear into for a few days' - The Scotsman

'Lapinski's debut is captivating...' - ALA Booklist

          '...well-paced, ebullient fantasy... introducing an absorbing multiverse of interlocking realities and several intriguing mysteries.' - Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

'...a fabulous fantastical adventure' - The Sunday Express

'This is an ideal escape for fans of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Lapinski's feats of world building will transport even the most stuck-at-home reader beyond their wildest dreams. ' -- Piers Torday, The Guardian

'Lapinski has not only created endless worlds made up of magic and colour, but characters made up of the same charm to fill them.' -- Benjamin Dean, goodhousekeeping.com

© 2024 by L. D. Lapinski

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Strangeworlds Travel Agency

The Train to Impossible Places  meets  Nevermoor  in this imaginative middle grade fantasy series about a young girl who uses a travel agency’s magical suitcases to visit different worlds.

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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: The Edge of the Ocean: Book 2 Paperback – 15 April 2021

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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside... Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be explained by giant squid or mer-people. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely. But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? How do you fit a mer-queen the size of a whale into something small enough to carry in your hand? Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever? A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds, perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and Pages & Co .

• Book 2 of 3 Strangeworlds Travel Agency
• Print length 272 pages
• Language English
• Dimensions 19.2 x 2.2 x 12.6 cm
• Publisher Orion Children's Books
• Publication date 15 April 2021
• ISBN-10 1510105956
• ISBN-13 978-1510105959
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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and Pages & Co. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .

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L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with their family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. They are the author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency trilogy, the standalone novel Jamie, and Stepfather Christmas. When they aren't writing, L. D. can be found cosplaying, drinking a lot of cherry cola, and taking care of a forest of succulent plants. L. D. first wrote a book aged seven; it was made of lined paper and Sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane. When L. D. grows up, they want to be a free-range guinea pig farmer. You can find them on Twitter @ldlapinski or at ldlapinski.com

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion Children's Books; 1st edition (15 April 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1510105956
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1510105959
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 10 years, from customers
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.2 x 2.2 x 12.6 cm
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L. D. Lapinski is the best-selling author of JAMIE, Stepfather Christmas, and The Strangeworlds Travel Agency series, including Adventure in the Floating Mountains, which was a 2023 World Book Day title. L. D's new middle-grade fantasy series ARTEZANS launches in February 2024 with the first book Artezans: The Forgotten Magic.

L. D.'s books are published around the world in fifteen languages, and each book in the Strangeworlds trilogy has been awarded a Kirkus star - one of the most coveted designations in the book industry,

marking books of exceptional merit.

L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with their family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. L. D. first wrote a book aged seven; it was made of lined paper and sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane. When L. D. grows up, they want to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.

L. D.'s literary agent is Claire Wilson at Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency. For Film / TV, contact Emily Hayward Whitlock.

Twitter / Instagram / TikTok: @ldlapinski

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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: The Secrets of the Stormforest: Book 3 Paperback – April 14, 2022

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Pack your suitcase for the final magical adventure at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency! Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers in their roles as part of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the Society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it's up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of Strangeworlds and the secrets of a new mysterious world called 'The Stormforest', will they have any hope of defending their world - and others - from the threat that is facing them all. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds, perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and Pages & Co . 'A fabulous fantastical adventure' The Sunday Express

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• Print length 353 pages
• Language English
• Dimensions 5.04 x 1.1 x 7.72 inches
• Publisher Orion Children's Books
• Publication date April 14, 2022
• ISBN-10 1510105964
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L.d. lapinski.

L. D. Lapinski is the best-selling author of JAMIE, Stepfather Christmas, and The Strangeworlds Travel Agency series, including Adventure in the Floating Mountains, which was a 2023 World Book Day title. L. D's new middle-grade fantasy series ARTEZANS launches in February 2024 with the first book Artezans: The Forgotten Magic.

L. D.'s books are published around the world in fifteen languages, and each book in the Strangeworlds trilogy has been awarded a Kirkus star - one of the most coveted designations in the book industry,

marking books of exceptional merit.

L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with their family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. L. D. first wrote a book aged seven; it was made of lined paper and sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane. When L. D. grows up, they want to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.

L. D.'s literary agent is Claire Wilson at Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency. For Film / TV, contact Emily Hayward Whitlock.

Twitter / Instagram / TikTok: @ldlapinski

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