Hollowpox6/23/2023 Nevermoor contains many unique citizens and some of them have been targeted by a virus which after turning them into attackers leaves them empty inside, hence the name of the virus. This is a book of fantasy from a very fertile mind. But that is about the only similarity between the world in which young teenager, Morrigan Crow, finds herself and the world of the reader. This situation closely mirrors that in 2020, the year of the Corona Virus. In this latest book, Hollowpox, we hear about curfews and shut-downs, being urged to stay home, and phrases like, ‘We’re all on the same side really’ (324), and ‘we just want this to be over’ (330). These books are pure fantasy, yet in some ways relate closely to the world in 2020. The first book, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, was awarded the 2018 ABIA for Book of the Year and was claimed to be the biggest-selling Australian children’s debut book since records began. Only those with a special skill are taken. Each book addresses new adventures for Morrigan as she is accepted into the Wundrous Society, in Nevermoor. Hollowpox is the third in the six to nine books planned around the adventures of Morrigan Crow, written by Jessica Townsend.
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