{"product_id":"the-spick-and-the-span","title":"The Spick and the Span","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eImaginative, magical, wildly funny, and with a truly unique world, The Spick and the Span is an extraordinary, exciting fantasy middle grade adventure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for fans of Jessica Townsend's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNevermoor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Jonathan Stroud's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLockwood and Co\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Diana Wynne Jones'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHowl's Moving Castle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and Terry Pratchett's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThanks to many generations of careless magicians, the city of Helm is overflowing with magic, which has made it a very dangerous place to live. Leave anything alone for too long and it will transform into something else: your house will turn to gingerbread, your teapot will start pouring pond water or – if you're really unlucky – your floor will turn to lava.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe magicians liked to pretend it’s them who keep the worst magical hiccups in check, but the real heroes of the whole sorry situation are of a wholly different occupation: equally well known but decidedly less respected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe heroes of the city of Helm are the cleaners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWard, an ambitious twelve-year-old cleaner, wants nothing more than to belong to the League of Cleaners, who will grant him the prestige and popularity he's been looking for all his life – if only he can pass three near-impossible tests. Struggling toward this goal with a team he doesn't trust, Ward's world is upended when his friend disappears and mysterious magic-eating monsters appear all over the city and start tearing holes in the fabric of reality. Suddenly his ambitions are the least of his problems…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHugely funny and exciting, and with an incredibly imaginative, original story,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Spick and the Span\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis the unmissable fantasy middle grade debut of 2025 – you'll never look at magic the same way again…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53717676327245,"sku":"9780008724788","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/9147\/6557\/files\/81Yv0MFHGGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1776688232","url":"https:\/\/thebookbus.co.uk\/products\/the-spick-and-the-span","provider":"The Book Bus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}