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The Secret of Platform 13

By: Eva Ibbotson
Narrated by: Angela Thorne
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Beyond the everyday world of King's Cross Station lies an island of oddities and magic. When their infant Prince is stolen, the island's magical residents form a team to rescue him. The only trouble is, they can't get to him for nine years.©1994 Eva Ibbotson (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Royalty Funny Suspenseful
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I love where this story is set and probably everything about it.
I think I have listened to this story six times so far and I would recommend it for 8- 11 years.
Although this story is quite short its packed with fantasy as well as mystery!

Everything

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It may be a book for children but I really enjoyed it. Ben and Odge are fantastic characters and the rest of the cast were tremendous.

Great book

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This is such a magical story and so beautifully narrated I didn’t want it to end. Now I understand a person who said they have listened to it several times. I am sure I will, too. Well, if you are reading this, stop wasting your time and start listening 🙂 you won’t regret it!

Why can’t I give 6 stars out of 5?

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So beautifully read and a great story, highly recommended. Adults and children can enjoy this book

Great story

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This is the first book I listened to by Eva Ibbotson, I loved the story, laughed out loud many times which is always a good sign. I did wish it was longer but it is a kids book. I read a sequel is due 2019, although written by someone else as sadly Eva died in 2010.
I loved the narration by Angela Thorne, She has such an animated voice, which brought life to the story.

I’m 34 and love Children’s story’s, I missed Harry Potter was read somewhere that this was what inspired it. Whether that’s true or not I don’t know. I had read that there were similarities so I had to listen... Yes there are similarities such as a character called Lily, the two main boy characters could be compared to Harry and Dudley as one is nice and the other is a brat, also the ’gump’ (doorway between two lands) is located at platform 13 in kings cross station. But that’s it really. You need to separate them and not compare them to each other and just enjoy the story.

A delight for kids and adults

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