Pages & Co.#4: The Book Smugglers

 
　　自從六歲開始，米洛就住在一輛神奇火車上，這輛火車透過想像力，得以穿梭在故事世界和真實世界之間。米洛和叔叔赫拉修一起住，也幫助叔叔工作。赫拉修是個書籍走私商人，從事罕見書籍的交易。

　　赫拉修接到一個危險的新工作，為了完成這個工作，他需要提莉的幫忙，可是提莉的爺爺和赫拉修卻因一本神祕版本的《綠野仙蹤》而中毒，陷入沉睡中。米洛和提莉必須和時間賽跑，才能救回他們，他們先是和桃樂絲一起前往翡翠城，接著又前往義大利威尼斯，到底誰是這場下毒陰謀的幕後主使者？

"Mr. Lemoncello would love to go bookwandering at Pages and Co. If you love books, you're going to LOVE this book!"--Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello series

The fourth magical adventure in the nationally bestselling Pages & Co. series, starring Milo, the book smuggler. Perfect for fans of The Secret Library, Inkheart, and The Land of Stories.

　　Since he was six years old, Milo has lived on board the Sesquipedalian, or “Quip,” a magical train that uses the power of imagination to travel through both stories and the real world. Aboard the Quip, Milo lives and works with his uncle, Horatio, a book smuggler who trades in rare books.

　　When Horatio takes on a dangerous new job, he needs the help of Tilly Pages, a uniquely gifted bookwanderer. But when Tilly’s grandfather and Horatio are poisoned by a mysterious copy of The Wizard of Oz and fall into a deep sleep, Milo and Tilly find themselves racing against time to save them. The friends must journey to the Emerald City with Dorothy, and eventually to Venice, Italy, to find out who is behind these strange poisonings.

Anna James is a writer and journalist. She was a school librarian before joining The Bookseller as their book news editor. She now writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and chairs events at bookshops and literary festivals across the UK. She lives in north London, in a flat full of books.