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Biographical note
Robin Jarvis is a British children's author who has entertained (and pleasantly terrified) generations of children with his brilliantly imagined dark fantasy stories, including the Deptford Mice and Whitby Witches series. He studied graphic design in Newcastle and then worked in television and advertising making model monsters and puppets before writing The Dark Portal, the first book on the Deptford Mice series, which was the runner up for the Smarties book prize in 1989.So wonderfully dark and magical. An absolute classic
Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Robin Jarvis joins the ranks of Kenneth Grahame, Richard Adams, and Walter Wangerin in the creation of wonderfully anthropomorphic animals
- Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time,
Spooky and enthralling animal fantasy just right for Redwall fans... [Jarvis] provides counterpoint to the heart-racing adventure with scenes of haunting beauty
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Robin Jarvis's books thrilled me with fear and pushed me to be brave - to fall in love with characters that would live forever in my heart (regardless of where the story took them...) Quite simply: The Deptford Mice framed the way I read every book for the rest of my life'
Non Pratt, author of Trouble
A tale of horror and valor, good and evil, leavened with humor
Booklist
A grand-scale epic... Filled with high drama, suspense, and some genuine terror
Lloyd Alexander, author of The Chronicles of Prydain
Entertaining and genuinely frightening
Kliatt
Jarvis is a great writer, in command of his intricate plotting
Scottish Sunday Herald
A bit like Game of Thrones for kids nowadays: epic, brutal, and with a sense that no one is safe. Jarvis creates several incredibly detailed animal worlds living alongside the human world in London, including a monstrous civilisation of fiendish rats and an enclave of seer bats who speak seemingly in riddles
- Ross Montgomery, author of Rebel,
Robin Jarvis knows how to win readers over and hold them in a tight grip
Young Post
Darkly evocative, wildly imaginative and fiercely definitive - the Deptford Mice books are absolute classics. I'm thrilled to see these utterly unique stories being republished by Pushkin and can't wait to recommend them to every reader on the planet
- Daisy May Johnson, author of How to Be Brave,
Power-hungry rats, nature-loving mice, mystical bats... In The Dark Portal Robin Jarvis delights the reader with not just one, but three unforgettable animal societies... He offers a strikingly original, totally absorbing fantasy world
Philip Glassman, founder of the Books of Wonder shop
The perfect stories for dark, cosy evenings. A once read, never forgotten series
Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones
A total highlight of my childhood
- Laura Tisdall, author of Echoes,
Epic adventures full of tension and drama and starring a band of very brave mice... There's still little to challenge these books for action, adventure, characters to love or sheer excitement
Love Reading 4 Kids, Book of the Month
'Wonderfully dark and magical. An absolute classic' Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones
The spine-chilling children's fantasy classic, from the author of The Whitby Witches
Featuring new illustrations
The Deptford Mice live a cosy life in the skirting boards of an abandoned London house, with no humans or cats to disturb them. But something lurks in the dank sewers beneath the city - a mysterious, powerful being, worshipped by a horde of bloodthirsty rats who cower in its presence...
When a brave mouse ventures down into the sewers, he uncovers a terrifying plot to awaken an ancient evil. Soon his family and friends must summon all their courage to confront treacherous enemies and foul sorcery in a battle to save London and the world from eternal darkness.