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Some words can never be spoken for you.

The first snow has fallen over Chicago, and a glittering tower has risen by the river, crowned with nine dark lights. Its maker, the charming Sterling Kell, is giving every child in the city a free Speakwell earpiece that finds the perfect words for you.

Soon nobody says their own sorry any more. The Unsaidlings are fading, whole streets are falling quiet, and the lanterns of Lanternlake are going dark one by one.

Nora and Felix Varga have nine days until the Great Broadcast at the solstice dawn. Nine days to ride the Night Road, uncover Kell's secret, and prove that loud is not the same as heard.

Inside this magical fantasy adventure:

• A nine-day countdown through a snowy Chicago winter, told in turns by a brother and sister
• A daring heist at the top of a glittering tower, and a truck that drives across the Great Lakes at midnight
• Kell's Seven Promises: a smart, gentle way to talk with kids about technology that speaks for us
• Glowing Unsaidlings, a heron made of light, sparkly sneezes and terrible jokes
• Big feelings handled with warmth: family, forgiveness and finding your own voice
• Nineteen ink-and-watercolour chapter illustrations, and a cliffhanger that leads into Book 3

A book to read alone, read aloud, or share across the generations. A cosy, big-hearted fantasy about courage, family and finding your own voice, for anyone who loves portal fantasy, magical creatures, found family and stories that feel like home.

The Listeners of Lanternlake trilogy: 1. The Watch and the Red Door · 2. The Tower of Nine Lights · 3. The Morning of Many Voices