Rupert has spent thirty-five years with the BBC producing prime-time nature documentaries to hold the fleeting attention of family audiences. He’s been excited most of the time, scared occasionally (it was a big snake), and loved it all. Yet he’s always had a yearning to tweak the dial of reality and bend the rules of nature to create imaginary worlds that are nearly, but not quite, like ours. Writing children’s fiction is that dream come true. His writing is fuelled by pastries, and nature creeps in everywhere.
The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination
Kirsty loves her decaying town, the peoples’ towering hair sculptures and heavenly strudels. They fuel her imagination, which Mama thinks is alarminglyover-active. Is it causing problems for her family? When Papa vanishes, Kirsty blames her imagination. She crushes it, hoping this will bring him home. Unexpectedly, she gains a superpower: spotting liars. Professor von Wallop promises to make her town great again. Kirsty alone sees that he plans to destroy it. Can she defeat him without her imagination? As it fades and her world grows dull, does she even care anymore? Will she find Papa and reignite her imagination before it is gone forever? Upper MG mystery/adventure.
