Small Wonder

From the award-winning author of I Am Rebel, Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2024, comes a hotly anticipated fantasy adventure of one boy, his brother and a loyal horse on a quest to save their kingdom.

"A big-hearted, arrow-sharp epic of a story." Emma Carroll, author of Frost Hollow
"Will surely set hearts racing!" Sam Copeland, author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken
"Pacy, thrilling, tense, and brilliantly written." Katya Balen, author of October, October

Remember everything I taught you, Small Wonder. Take care of Leaf. Take care of Pebble. I’ve done all I can. The rest is up to you…

Small Wonder lives peacefully at the edge of Ellia, along with his little brother and faithful horse. But then a deadly assassin descends. Enemies are invading and the kingdom is in danger. Small Wonder has six moons to get to Kings’ Keep and warn their ruler.

Travelling forests and mountains, encountering bandits and rogue knights, Small Wonder is determined to honour his grandfather’s last advice… Make it count.

About the Author

Ross Montgomery started writing stories as a teenager, when he should have been doing homework, and continued doing so at university. His debut novel, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book of the Year and Branford Boase Award. It was also selected as one of the Sunday Times' "Top 100 Modern Children's Classics". His books have also been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award, while his picture book Space Tortoise was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award and included in the Guardian's Best New Children's Books of 2018. The Midnight Guardians, Ross's first fiction novel with Walker Books, was selected as a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book of the Year Award. I Am Rebel won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Year in 2024. He lives in south-east London with his wife and their cat, Fun Bobby.