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'Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father.

'When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade - and himself - in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail Pearl and Vally won't just lose Pa - they'll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.' (Publication summary)

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  • Number 5 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

    Number 22 on the Better Reading's Top 50 Kids Books 2023

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2020 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      • Published 29th September 2020
      ISBN: 9781925972955
    • Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2021 .
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      Extent: 304p.p.
      Edition info: Reformat
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      • Published 30th March 2021.
      ISBN: 9781922419347
Alternative title: 세상에서 가장 위대한 서점
Language: Korean
    • Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,: 책과콩나무 , 2022 .
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      Extent: 412p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 November 2022.
      ISBN: 9791192529004, 1192529006
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y separately published work icon The Bookseller’s Apprentice Amelia Mellor , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2022 24801136 2022 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in the World.

'Twelve-year-old Billy Pyke has a talent for sorting things out, whether it’s his chaotic family home or the busy book stall at Paddy’s Market. In 1871, the market is the loud, smelly, marvellous heart of Melbourne, and Billy is delighted to work at the book stall there for the eccentric Mr Cole. When his new friend Kezia warns him of a sinister magician called the Obscurosmith, Billy can’t believe her stories of magical deals gone horribly wrong – until he sees them happening. And the night that the Obscurosmith crosses a terrifying and dangerous line, Billy realises something: if he wants the Obscurosmith stopped, he’ll have to do it himself.

'Award-winning author Amelia Mellor delivers another race-against-time adventure in this action-packed prequel to The Grandest Bookshop in the World. Loaded with tricks, riddles, magic and mayhem, The Bookseller’s Apprentice is perfect for Mellor fans and newcomers alike.' (Publication summary)
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[Review] 'Under the Rainbow : The Life and Times of EW Cole by Richard Broinowski' and 'The Grandest Bookshop in the World' by Amelia Mellor Colin Steele , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , March no. 409 2021;
— Review of Under the Rainbow : The Life and Times of E.W. Cole Richard Broinowski , 2020 single work biography ; The Grandest Bookshop in the World Amelia Mellor , 2020 single work children's fiction
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