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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from “a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.” (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass)
“An instant classic from one of the most gifted storytellers of our time, Impossible Creatures is an astonishing miracle of a book.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal Winner for The One and Only Ivan
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR • A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SHELF AWARENESS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.
It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And it’s the day he met Mal—a girl on the run, in desperate need of his help.
Mal and Christopher embark on a wild adventure, racing from island to island, searching for someone who can explain why the magic is fading and why magical creatures are suddenly dying. They consult sphinxes, battle kraken, and negotiate with dragons. But the closer they get to the dark truth of what’s happening, the clearer it becomes: no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago is to be saved, Mal and Christopher will have to do it themselves.
Katherine Rundell’s story crackles and roars with energy and delight. It is brought vividly to life with more than 60 illustrations, including a map and a bestiary of magical creatures.
This audiobook edition includes a downloadable Bestiary PDF to accompany the audio, as well as drawings for each beast.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2024 Katherine Rundell (P)2024 Listening LibraryListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
★ "Powerful and charming, Impossible Creatures [is] a modern fantasy with a classic feel. It’s hard not to fall in love with the Archipelago." —BookPage, starred review
"Rundell has a great deal of infectious fun with these creatures. Her grand theme—in worlds both real and imaginary, in the great outdoors and in the human soul—is the vital necessity of wildness.” —The New Yorker
★ "A bold and unforgettable start to a captivating series. Impossible Creatures places itself in a class all its own." —Shelf Awareness, starred review
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- Unabridged
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Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of their mother.
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A war novel that champions the contributions of intellectuals and respects the children's experiences
- By Carolyn M Robinson on 03-15-25
By: Ruta Sepetys, and others
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Westfallen
- By: Ann Brashares, Ben Brashares
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, André Santana
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry, Frances, and Lukas are neighbors, and they used to be best friends. But in middle school Frances got emo, Lukas went to private school, and Henry just felt left behind. When they come together again for the funeral of a pet gerbil, the three ex-friends make a mind-blowing discovery: a radio, buried in Henry’s backyard, that allows them to talk to another group of kids in the same town...in the same backyard...eighty years in the past.
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Great for middle grades and adults too!
- By Jennifer L. on 01-18-25
By: Ann Brashares, and others
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Impossibles créatures
- By: Katherine Rundell, Alice Marchand - traducteur
- Narrated by: Théo Frilet
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Aventure à couper le souffle, secrets millénaires et héros inoubliables: une fantasy extraordinaire, par la conteuse anglaise la plus talentueuse de sa génération. " Il existe sur notre planète un endroit secret, soigneusement dissimulé pour être protégé de nous. C'est un lieu sauvage et magnifique, une terre où toutes les créatures mythiques vivent encore et prospèrent. On l'appelle l'Archipel... le dernier endroit magique qui subsiste sur notre Terre. "
By: Katherine Rundell, and others
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Not If You Break Up with Me First
- By: G.F. Miller
- Narrated by: Aden Hakimi, Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Childhood friends Eve and Andrew are destined to be together—everyone says so, especially their friends and classmates who are all suddenly crush-obsessed. So when Eve and Andrew’s first eighth grade school dance rolls around and Eve, feeling the pressure, awkwardly asks Andrew to go with her, everyone assumes they are Officially Dating and Practically in Love. Overwhelmed, Eve and Andrew just…go with it. And it’s weird. Neither of them wants this dating thing to mess up their friendship, and they don’t really see each other that way.
By: G.F. Miller
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The Last Dragon on Mars
- The Dragonships Series, Book 1
- By: Scott Reintgen
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Keep your eyes down and your feet moving, or this planet will rust you. That’s what Lunar Jones tells the other kids at the relocation clinic. All of them were born on Mars, a planet that never wanted people in the first place. With resources scarce and hope even scarcer, it’s easy to get distracted looking up. After all, their ancestors descended from the stars. Martian history always starts with Earth. The first astronauts discovered that space was already occupied. Not by little green men or flying saucers. It was full of dragons.
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Vivid characters and plot lines and shifts that twist and tangle
- By Amazon Customer on 04-24-25
By: Scott Reintgen
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Super-Infinite
- The Transformations of John Donne
- By: Katherine Rundell
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. In his myriad lives he was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, an MP—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. Along the way he converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year old girl without her father’s consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain.
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Oh but the narration…
- By David Benjamin on 01-01-23
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The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
- By: Gennifer Choldenko
- Narrated by: Javier Prusky
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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When eleven-year-old Hank’s mom doesn’t come home, he takes care of his toddler sister, Boo, like he always does. But it’s been a week now. They are out of food and mom has never stayed away this long… Hank knows he needs help, so he and Boo seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact. But asking for help has consequences. It means social workers, and a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he's been trying to keep secret. And if they can't find his mom soon, Hank and Boo may end up in different foster homes—he could lose everything.
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Pretty good.
- By Shanti Peace on 05-11-25
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Not Nothing
- By: Gayle Forman
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Gayle Forman
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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Alex is twelve, and he did something very, very bad. A judge sentences him to spend his summer volunteering at a retirement home. He hasn’t seen his mom in a year, and Shady Glen’s geriatric residents seem like zombies to him. Josey is 107 and ready for his life to be over. He has evaded death many times, having survived ghettos, dragnets, and a concentration camp—all thanks to the heroism of a woman named Olka and his own ability to sew. But now he spends his days in room 206 at Shady Glen, refusing to speak and waiting (and waiting and waiting) to die. Until Alex knocks on Josey’s door…
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Loved this book! Listened with my 13 year old!
- By Autumn K. Pingel on 04-25-25
By: Gayle Forman
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Slugfest
- By: Gordon Korman
- Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera, Andrew Eiden, Ramon de Ocampo, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School—so good, in fact, that he’s already playing on the high school’s JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education Equivalency—PEE, also known as “Slugfest”—in summer school.
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Great book!
- By Aleksandra Krotoski on 03-28-25
By: Gordon Korman
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Many Points of Me
- By: Caroline Gertler
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Georgia Rosenbloom’s father was a famous artist. His most well-known paintings were a series of asterisms - patterns of stars - that he created. One represented a bird, one himself, and one Georgia’s mother. There was supposed to be a fourth asterism, but Georgia’s father died before he could paint it. Georgia’s mother and her best friend, Theo, are certain that the last asterism would’ve been of Georgia, but Georgia isn’t so sure.
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Great read
- By Amazon Customer on 05-13-23
By: Caroline Gertler
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Time Traveling with a Hamster
- By: Ross Welford
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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On his 12th birthday, Al Chaudhury receives a letter from his dead father. It directs him to the bunker of their old house, where Al finds a time machine (an ancient computer and a tin bucket). The letter also outlines a mission: travel back to 1984 and prevent the go-kart accident that will eventually take his father's life. But as Al soon discovers, whizzing back 30 years requires not only imagination and courage, but also lying to your mom, stealing a moped, and setting your school on fire - oh, and keeping your pet hamster safe.
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It was so good it brought tears to my eyes!
- By Deirdre Williamson on 12-05-19
By: Ross Welford
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Wild Poppies
- By: Haya Saleh, Marcia L. Qualey - translator
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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Since the passing of their father, Oscar has tried—and in his little brother Sufyan’s eyes, failed—to be the man of his family of Syrian refugees. As Oscar waits in line for rations, longing for the books he left behind when his family fled their home, Sufyan explores more nontraditional methods to provide for his family. Ignoring his brother’s warnings, Sufyan gets more and more involved with a group that provides him with big rewards for doing seemingly inconsequential tasks.
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Simple yet powerful
- By Sani on 06-26-23
By: Haya Saleh, and others
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The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
- By: Kate McKinnon
- Narrated by: Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and the only dog allowed is the bichon frise. They don’t belong with their adoptive family, where all their cousins are named Lavinia and their Aunt has more brooches than books. And they certainly don’t belong at Mrs. Wintermacher’s etiquette school—they’re far more interested in science. After getting kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls expect to be sent away for good...
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Kate’s narration is amazing!
- By Ariel Wise on 05-27-25
By: Kate McKinnon
What a magical book
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Absolutely beautiful
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Great story line!
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Fun, light and interesting
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Impossible Creatures was a really enjoyable ride. I think this would be a great one for kiddos of friends. It has the charm of The Golden Compass, but less dark for those concerned.
I felt it to be a great Middle Grade Read and honestly my favorite in a bit. I think it holds its own amongst its top Middle Grade Peers.
Not a new Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, but absolutely on par with books like The Mysterious Benedict Society or House of Secrets....while better than the Serafina Series or Nevermoor series in my opinion.
Many Magical, lovable Creatures. Characters I really enjoyed and rooted for. Ships on the sea, exploration of islands with creative cast. A good plot that makes for a fun listen.
Concept 4.5/5
Setting 4/5
Characters 4.5/5
Magic System 3.5/5
Magical Objects/creatures 4/5
Plot 4/5
Coherence 4/5
Romance -
Prose-4.5/5
Audio Reader 3.5/5
Final Rating- 4.5 Stars
Final Verdict- Lorek Byrnison and Ratatoska Ratwin would have a lot of stories to chat about if they ever crossed paths.
For those that missed The Golden Compass
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Great middle grade fantasy
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I am so glad that I remembered and read /listened to this book! I love fantasy books, specifically YA or even children fantasy books, even though I’m an adult. This is one of the best ones I have listened to in a while. The book was full of adventure, mythical creatures, sadness, bravery and love and everything in between! It touched my heart and I cannot wait for part two to come out next year. To be honest with you I will probably read it before it’s available on audio. I usually listen to the audio and then buy the books afterwards, but this one I will be looking for as soon as it comes out. Such a great story.
Wonderful story !
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Samuel West’s narration is award worthy. His character voices brilliant.
Have been swept away by a fantasy in a long time.
A modern children’s epic fantasy!
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Unique and fascinating
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Magical and Beautiful
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