Book description
Under Platform 13 at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island . . .
It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young…
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1 author picked The Secret of Platform 13 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Long before Harry Potter came The Secret of Platform 13, and the idea of a railroad station where a magical doorway existed.
I grew up in a town built on the railroad. My grandfather worked as a mechanic at the railyard. My field trips were to train museum or train-related locations, so the idea of hidden portal there made perfect sense to my childhood heart.
Trains take us places, why not a magical world? It simply makes sense to me to find a magical world beyond a train station.
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