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    Harper and the Night Forest
    Harper and the Night Forest
    Harper and the Night Forest
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    Harper and the Night Forest

    By Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson

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    Harper is on a mission! Rumor tells of the mysterious Ice Raven who lives among the ebony trees, singing a magical song that can melt even the hardest of hearts.

    Now the Wild Conductor wants to capture this mythical bird and create the greatest orchestra ever known. So Harper and her friends set off to find the mythical bird.

    Their journey takes them from the mysterious Night Forest where fairy tales are more than they seem to the City of Singing Clocks.

    But soon Harper realizes she faces a terrible dilemma. Should a wild, free creature like the Ice Raven ever be tied down?

    The third book in the Harper series continues to spin tales of whimsy and wonder for Harper and her friends. Full of friendship, music, fairy tales, and magic, and featuring a diverse cast, brought to life through stunning illustrations, this is a book to be shared and treasured.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSky Pony
    Release dateMar 27, 2018
    ISBN9781510734852
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    Cerrie Burnell

    Cerrie Burnell is a presenter, actress, and writer, best known for her work in British children’s TV. She was featured in the Guardian’s 2011 list of the one hundred most inspirational women. She divides her time between London and Manchester, England.

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      Harper and the Night Forest - Cerrie Burnell

      Chapter One

      THE LEATHER-BOUND BOOK

      Star-stealer cloud swept through the sky and rain as steady as the beat of your heart drummed across the City of Clouds. On the fourteenth floor of the Tall Apartment Block, Harper crept out of her little flat, opened her Scarlet Umbrella, and floated down the stairs, lightly as a feather. Three paces behind her prowled Midnight, her most unusual cat. He’d been named after the hour he had turned up at Harper’s home, and she never went anywhere without him.

      As they reached the tenth floor, the little cat paused and the umbrella swirled to stillness, hanging in the air like the bud of dandelion.

      Harper clutched the umbrella’s silver handle with one hand and pulled her piccolo flute from her pocket with the other, then played a little ditty that echoed down the stairwells.

      Beside her, an indigo door opened, and out stepped a boy who moved as quietly as a whisper: Nate Nathanielson.

      I need your help, said Harper brightly.

      Nate nodded and gave a soft, low whistle; there was a swish of silvery fur and a wolf of mist-like majesty padded out of the door, giving Harper’s rain boot a friendly lick.

      Hello, Smoke. Harper giggled, tickling the wolf’s ears before they set off down the stairs, Harper drifting in front and the others trailing behind.

      On the fifth floor, Harper stopped to play a longer tune, and Nate joined in on his tambourine, while Midnight pranced and Smoke howled. Two rowdy children came tumbling out of the messy little flat.

      Liesel, said Harper, smiling as she hugged a small girl with filthy fingernails and a pink dove nesting in her tangled hair.

      Ferdie. Nate grinned, helping a boy with a serious scarf and serious frown to his feet.

      Come with me, called Harper, and they set off down the stairs and into the Unforgotten Concert Hall in the basement of their home.

      Once inside, the children rushed across the stage, through the Forbidden Door, and into the Library of Long-Forgotten Music, a place that was full of dusty magic and the scent of secret songs.

      It’s Great Aunt Sassy’s birthday soon, Harper explained as they gazed around. I want to find a piece of harp music to play that’s never been heard before.

      Ferdie gave a serious nod. Something mysterious and marvelous, he murmured.

      Something long forgotten, added Nate.

      Something very secret, hissed Liesel, scuttling away like a mouse.

      Ferdie set off for the other side of the library with a long-legged stride. Nate and Smoke vanished into the darkest part of the room, moving through the shadows as if they were daylight. If you find anything, play three sharp notes, called Harper. Music is our secret signal.

      You see, wherever the children went, they always carried their instruments. Liesel had a shiny violin strapped to her back, Ferdie carried a button accordion, and Nate had his trusty tambourine on his pork-pie cap. As for Harper, her pockets were bursting with maracas and recorders and her beloved harp, all of which she could play.

      Harper and Midnight wandered through the dusty air, searching through long-lost music books. They opened one called Nightingale’s Sorrow, leafed through another called Midnight Dreamers, and glanced at a blue leather-bound book with no name, just a magnificent songbird etched upon the cover. They climbed up high and crawled down low, but nothing quite seemed right. Then a cobweb caught on one of Midnight’s whiskers and he gave a sudden sneeze, knocking over a whole shelf of sheet music.

      Liesel shot out of the gloominess and caught the falling pages. Thanks, said Harper, ruffling the small girl’s hair and awakening Storm, the pink dove. Storm was actually Harper’s pet, a gift from her parents who were traveling the world in a floating circus, but Liesel’s knotted locks made the perfect little nest.

      I think Ferdie’s found something. Liesel grinned.

      Ferdie came strolling over, clutching an armful of books. "I found a trombone solo, a song for the melodeon, and some amazing tunes for the

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