It’s blockbuster season. Cressida Cowell, author of two successful series, returns with a new franchise that shares magical DNA with its immediate predecessor, The Wizards of Once. Starring two warring sets of step-siblings, Which Way to Anywhere (Hachette, £12.99 hardback) finds a family repressing its witchy past, the better to hide from interdimensional beings trying to regain a stolen map of their interlocking worlds.
With his ability to illustrate at will, young K2 O’Hero is in particular danger from THE EXCORIATOR (so villainous he is only ever referred to in block caps, exquisitely drawn by Cowell); plucky animated toothbrushes lighten the mood.
