Advanced copies of The Great Fox Revealed are now being sent out before the release on the third of October! It has another stunning cover by Flavia Sorrentino and here is the blurb:
Flick is a magician out of tricks. Every attempt to find her father has failed. Now the police have accused him of stealing the Crown Jewels – and they need Flick to work out how he did it.
Flick and Charlie travel to the abandoned mine where her father is believed to be hiding. Hot on their heels are several of their old foes, as well as master illusionist the Great Fox. It’s a race to uncover the deadly secret hidden in the maze of tunnels – but who will get there first?
I’ve visited nearly 100 schools (both physically and virtually) over the last few months. These visits have included a packed few weeks around World Book Day, large-scale virtual events with Lancashire, Hampshire, Newcastle, Cheshire and Somerset library services, and individual virtual visits at schools from London to Edinburgh. If your school would like a visit then please get in touch here:
Walker Books have unveiled the new cover for The Great Fox Revealed and it’s an absolute stunner. Flavia Sorrentino has done it again (https://www.flaviasorr.com). The details of the mine, the Crown Jewels, and the playing cards are all exquisite. Here it is in its full glory.
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A royal theft
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A Magician on the run
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An explosive finale
The Great Fox Revealed is coming!
The Great Fox Illusion is going to get yet another translation. It will soon be available in Ukrainian and published by Vivat Publishing Ltd. They are based in Kharkiv and have managed to keep publishing despite the war. You can visit their website here: https://vivat-book.com.ua/
Pre-order The Great Fox Revealed here
Bid on a signed copy of The Great Fox Heist
The Great Fox Revealed is available for pre-order and The Great Fox Heist features in Children in Read
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The Great Fox Revealed is now available for pre-order.
The thrilling conclusion to the Great Fox series. Can Flick and Charlie finally uncover the Bell System, the greatest – and most dangerous – magic trick of all?
Flick is a magician out of tricks. Every attempt to find her father has so far failed. Now the police have accused him of stealing the Crown Jewels – and they want Flick’s help to work out how he did it.Flick and her best friend, Charlie, travel to Cornwall, where they believe her father may be hiding in an abandoned museum of magic. There they find master illusionist the Great Fox, also hot on the trail. But something else is hidden at the heart of the museum – the Bell System, the most dangerous magic trick the world has ever seen.
At the same time, The Great Fox Heist features in this year’s Children in Read auction in aid of BBC Children in Need.
The young readers of Cornwall have voted The Great Fox Illusion the winner of the 2023 Kernow Youth Book Award!
“KYBA (Kernow Youth Book Award) was set up in 2007 when a group of Cornish Librarians identified that most book awards for young people were books selected by adults with very little input from the young people that were reading the books. We therefore wanted to give the young people of Cornwall a voice in what they chose to read and handed the decision making over to them!”
It has also been listed for the 2024 Fantastic Book Awards. Now school pupils across the country will get to read each one of the shortlisted titles and vote for their favourite. The winners will be announced next year.
The Great Fox Illusion is going to get yet another translation, and this time it will be into Greek! It will be published by Patakis Publications.
“Patakis Publishers was founded in 1974. The first books were in the area of educational books and were written by Stefanos Patakis, the founder of the publishing house. Now, 46 years later, we publish books in all fields, with key areas of our publishing activity being in education, books for children and young adults, literature, the humanities, sciences, as well as dictionaries and general reference. We publish high profile Greek authors and our titles are awarded very often (National Book Award, Greek IBBY award etc). We have more than 6.000 titles in print and around 400 new titles are introduced to our wonderful list every year.”
The cover for the Dutch translation of The Great Fox Heist has been revealed. It’s called De grote vossenbuit which translates as The Great Fox Booty. Love it!
More early reviews for The Great Fox Heist have also come in. For example:
I really enjoyed ‘The Great Fox Illusion’ and its sequel ‘The Great Fox Heist’ is perhaps even better. The stakes are higher, the twists more confounding, the magic more incredible and the mystery even more compelling. Justyn Edwards really knows how to build a gripping narrative, like a tower of cards, using ‘sleight of writing hand’ to surprise you and thrill you. Questions grow, the peril increases and the ending, just like a great magician’s trick, is truly satisfying, while laying the ground work for the third book too. I really love this series!
The world-building in ‘The Great Fox Heist’ seems bigger and grander, while deepening the mysteries. Like an illusionist spinning words, Justyn Edwards brilliantly sets the scene in Linth – the combination of the old and the new creating a perfect atmosphere for trickery, history and drama. As with the ‘The Great Fox Illusion’, the narrative framing of the competition, with cameras and showmanship, only adds to the spectacle and the tension. Yet, in this second book, Justyn Edwards’ mythology of magic is deepened, given historical weight and immediate global threat. It seems this will be even greater in the third book too, with the devastating significance of the Bell System realised and finally suggestive of its power. ​
While the magic tricks and narrative tricks make reading ‘The Great Fox Heist’ so gripping, it is in the characters that the story pulls off its true magic. I love Flick. She’s such an inspiring role-model: intelligent, strong-willed, yet also vulnerable. Charlie brilliantly complements her, and in spite of some tension between them , they continue to be a great team. Even characters such as the chief of police or the head of the bank are fully realised, cinematic and with a depth that only makes their reactions to magic and mischief more authentic and enjoyable.Â
This is such a cracking, original series that will keep children hooked and hankering for answers. Will Flick ever truly find her father? And what is next for the Great Fox, Flick, Charlie and the mysterious, dangerous Bell System…?
I did several events at the Eden Project as part of their Festival of Imagination. Thank you to everyone who came along, it’s certainly a fantastic setting to talk about the books. In fact, it is one of my favourite Mediterranean biomes for events.
You can win one of three copies of The Great Fox Heist being given away by WRD magazine.
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Details available here:Â Link to competition here
As early copies of The Great Fox Heist are sent out some reviews have started to come in.
“What is so fantastic about The Great Fox Heist is how maturely Justyn treats the reader – magic is such an alluring concept and you are instantly captivated by the impossibility of Flick’s latest mission amongst trying to work out who is trustworthy and who’s out to exploit the Bell System. Flick continues to be a fantastic role model for children (particularly in the way that her disability doesn’t deter her from the task at hand) and I also loved how this book gives us answers about magic’s most potentially dangerous weapon. It all leads to a shocking, twist-filled finale, which will leave your head spinning, and you’ll be desperate for more. Dispelling the illusion that sequels aren’t always better, The Great Fox Heist ups the tension and murky alliances so The Great Fox series just gets better and better. By the end, you’ll be thinking Paul Daniels who?”
Link to early copy review website
“The Great Fox Heist is a thrilling adventure that will keep you guessing; loyalties are tested and questions are definitely raised. With twists that will leave you reeling, I promise that this is a sequel that is even better than the first book and one that will leave you desperately hoping that there will be a book 3. It’s a compelling read and one that got me out of bed early on Saturday morning so I could finish it. I loved this book and will be shouting about it every chance I get – and I will absolutely be adding it to my April display in Waterstones Newcastle.”
Link to early copy review website
“I was hooked in from the very off and desperate to see what was going to happen – both in terms of the illusions themselves and to Flick. Through his fabulous writing and clear specialist knowledge of illusions, Justyn Edwards ensured that as before I was unable to work out how the tricks were pulled off and could not see how the plot was going to develop, making this one of my favourite books of the year so far – one I urge you to treat yourself to if you haven’t already.
I have no idea as to a date for a possible Book 3 but I will most definitely be keeping an eye out for it, as I know many others will. Until then, I will continue to hope that I will be able to magically increase my shelf space somehow!”
Link to early copy review website
Cover reveal for the French edition of The Great Fox Illusion as early copies of The Great Fox Heist are sent out
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The cover for the French edition of The Great Fox Illusion has been revealed – Les Prodigieux Secrets du magicien Fox. It looks stunning thanks to the amazing artwork of Flavia Sorrentino.
And speaking of her amazing covers, early copies of The Great Fox Heist are being sent out now, and they look yummy. 🙂
The Great Fox Roadshow (now with added lasers) will be appearing at the following events over the next few weeks and months.
| A series of World Book Day school visits | 2-3 March |
| Dudley Children’s Book Awards Ceremony | 21 March |
| The Great Fox Heist launch – Waterstones Truro | 8 April |
| The Great Fox Heist launch – school visits | 18-19 April |
| Reading Rocks – virtual event | 26 April |
| The Great Fox Heist launch – World Tour of some London bookshops (more details to follow!) | Early May |
| The Festival of Imagination at the Eden Project | 27th, 28th, 31st May |
| St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature | 17 June |
| Kernow Youth Book Awards Ceremony | 5 July |
The Great Fox Illusion is listed for the Phoenix Book Award, the Dudley Children’s Book Award, the Children’s Literature Festivals Book Awards, and the Kernow Youth Book Awards
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The Great Fox Illusion has been longlisted for the Phoenix Book Award and the Children’s Literature Festivals Book Awards. It has also been shortlisted for the Dudley Children’s Book Award and the Kernow Youth Book Awards. More news to follow! 🙂
