Katherine Rundell Collection 5 Books Set - Award-Winning Children's Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Impossible Creatures
Rooftoppers
The Wolf Wilder
The Explorer
The Good Thieves

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Age Range: Ages 9-12 (Grades 4-7)

Overview
This five-book paperback collection gathers some of Katherine Rundell's most celebrated middle-grade novels in one set: Impossible Creatures, Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, and The Good Thieves. Each story showcases Rundell's signature blend of lyrical prose, fearless young heroes, and richly imagined worlds, from rooftop chases over Paris to Siberian wilderness, Amazon rainforest, and 1920s New York. Together, these award-winning adventures celebrate courage, curiosity, and kindness, making this bundle an ideal gift or addition to any young reader's bookshelf, whether for independent reading, classroom libraries, family read-alouds, or long summer afternoons spent lost in a good book.

About the Books
Katherine Rundell has built a reputation as one of the most inventive voices in contemporary children's fiction, and this collection brings together five of her finest achievements. Impossible Creatures, her acclaimed fantasy adventure, was named Waterstones Book of the Year and later won the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year. Rooftoppers, the story of an orphan navigating the rooftops of Paris in search of her mother, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and remains a beloved modern classic. The Wolf Wilder follows a girl in czarist Russia who teaches tamed wolves to return to the wild, blending folklore and fierce independence. The Explorer, set deep in the Amazon rainforest after a plane crash, won the Costa Children's Book Award for its gripping survival story. The Good Thieves rounds out the set with a fast-paced heist adventure set in 1920s New York, full of tricksters and clever plotting. Across all five titles, Rundell's storytelling rewards young readers with vivid settings, morally complex characters, and adventures that never talk down to their audience, offering hours of immersive reading for kids who love bold heroines and stories combining heart with real peril. Together these novels span jungles, wolf-filled forests, Parisian rooftops, and bustling New York streets, giving young readers a rich variety of settings, unforgettable heroines, and stories built to be read again and again.

Key Benefits

• Five unabridged paperback novels by an award-winning author
• Includes Book of the Year winner Impossible Creatures and Costa Award winner The Explorer
• Great for independent readers ages 9-12 (Grades 4-7)
• Perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, or back-to-school
• Ideal for classroom libraries and summer reading lists
• Brand-new condition, ready for the bookshelf

Book-by-Book Guide
Impossible Creatures — A boy and girl uncover a hidden world of magical animals, in a fantasy that won Waterstones Book of the Year.
Rooftoppers — An orphaned girl raised above Paris's rooftops sets off across the skyline to find the mother she was told was dead.
The Wolf Wilder — A girl teaches tame wolves to survive in the Russian wilderness, then faces a standoff with the czar's army.
The Explorer — Four children survive a plane crash in the Amazon and must navigate the jungle home, winning the Costa Children's Book Award.
The Good Thieves — A girl enlists unlikely allies for a daring heist to reclaim her grandfather's stolen estate in 1920s New York.

About the Author
Katherine Rundell is a bestselling British author of children's fiction, celebrated for novels including Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, The Good Thieves, and Impossible Creatures. Her books have won numerous honors, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award, and the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year. Rundell studied at the University of Oxford, where she also became a Fellow of All Souls College. Known for her vivid, lyrical prose and fearless young protagonists, she has established herself as one of the most acclaimed voices writing for children today.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Five award-winning adventures in one paperback set, this collection is a wonderful gift for birthdays, holidays, or back-to-school season. Perfect for summer reading lists, classroom libraries, or a young reader's own bookshelf, it delivers courage, humor, heart, and unforgettable characters across five stories that fans of adventure fiction will treasure for years to come.

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