A touching new tale of hope and miracles from the award-winning Siobhan Parkinson.

I love Miranda and so will you - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl

Miranda has a Big Imagination, and always wins Word of the Day at school. When her sister Gemma is taken into hospital, Miranda escapes into her own fantasy land, Magnanimous. With giraffe police, ham sandwich trees and a Crystal-Clear Glass Hospital for Getting-Better Children, Magnanimous grows and grows. As her sister gets worse, things Miranda writes seem to trigger small miracles she has been asking for: her gran stops smoking, horrible Darren Hoey is nice to her ... Can Miranda write a miracle for her sister?

About the Author
Siobhan Parkinson is a novelist and one of Ireland's best-known writers for children. She has won bagfuls of awards and nominations, and her books have been translated around the world. In 2010 Siobhan was appointed the first ever Irish Children's Laureate.

Reviews
I defy any reader not to love this positive story and narrator Miranda's trenchant, witty, and vulnerable voice along with it. We love Siobhan Parkinson in these 'ere parts and in Miraculous Miranda, she's given us another little jewel of a middle grade novel. * The Bookbag *
A lovely celebration of the power of the imagination, and of determination, with a strong lead character whose voice shines through the pages of the book, encouraging us all to think more creatively. * Parents In Touch *
Parkinson has a flavour all her own. Miranda is a loveable, flawed, sympathetic narrator. In a sea of mostly mawkish young adult novels about cancer, Parkinson's frank take for younger readers is a breath of fresh Irish air -- Alex O'Connell * The Times Saturday Review *
...there is no shortage of empathy here; Parkinson writes to rather than at children, alongside rather than for them. -- Claire Hennessy * Irish Times *
Full of thought-provoking and touching little moments, it's a feel good book with a difference. -- Phil May * Read it Daddy *
Miranda is such a vibrant heroine ... Parkinson writes to rather than at children, alongside rather than for them * Irish Times Weekend Review *
What a lovely book! Siobhan Parkinson's Miraculous Miranda is a feel-good and funny novel * Bookwitch *
Miranda is a gorgeous character with a magnificent turn of phrase * Inis *
Sensitive and touching with a glorious sympathetic heroine who will really grab reader's hearts. * Parents in Touch *



Book Information
ISBN 9781444929096
Author Siobhan Parkinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Hodder Children's Books
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Weight(grams) 154g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm