The Moonlighters

Lee Newbery

When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London's Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him - his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn. Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in his eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily - by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne'er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward. Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realise that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he'd ever imagined.

Author(s): Newbery, Lee
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 07/08/2025
Pagination: 363 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Puffin
Published By: Puffin
Book Classification: Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories|Children's / Teenage general interest: City & town life|Children's / Teenage general interest: City & town life|Children's / Teenage general interest: City & town life|Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories|Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories
Dimensions: 197x129x23
Weight: 297
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241493557