{"product_id":"the-secret-zoo-in-the-school-cupboard-9798233188909","title":"The Secret Zoo in the School Cupboard","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tracey Lee Payne\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wonderfield Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wonderfield Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fantasy - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne ordinary school cupboard. One impossible zoo. One lunch break that changes everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolly Harper has always noticed strange things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painting that changes direction. A crack in the wall shaped like a running fox. A teacher who holds his coffee cup with both hands whenever he is worried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, during lunch at Oakbridge Primary School, Molly is sent to fetch paper towels from the old supply cupboard at the end of the back corridor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is when the cupboard growls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the mop bucket, the spare markers, and the forgotten cardigan, Molly discovers an iron gate covered in glowing vines. Beyond it waits the Everwild School Zoo, a secret magical place founded in 1962 and hidden from the world for more than sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is only one problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe animals are getting out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Molly and her friends, Ben Patel and Isla Grant, are chasing a chalk goat that eats maths, a moon monkey that makes the dinner hall float, a whisper fox that repeats secrets, a tiny thunder kitten with her own storm cloud, a spark dragon, a shadow ferret, a mirror mouse, and something enormous breathing in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe adults cannot explain what is happening. The children can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the mystery is Edith Bell, the first keeper of the Everwild, who vanished from the school records in 1962 after sealing the zoo to protect it. Now the animals are restless, the magic is weakening, and the zoo is waiting for a new keeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolly opened the door by accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow she may be the only one who can keep the Everwild alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Secret Zoo in the School Cupboard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny, magical, heartfelt middle grade fantasy adventure about friendship, courage, hidden worlds, impossible animals, and the kind of door every child secretly hopes to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagical animals and secret worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunny school adventures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMystery, friendship, and gentle danger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhimsical fantasy with heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wonderfield Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890620481687,"sku":"9798233188909","price":1214.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233188909.webp?v=1781180713","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-zoo-in-the-school-cupboard-9798233188909","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}