The glass projector / by J.E. Ryan.

Novel for children.

"Thistle is having a terrible week. Her mother has been incarcerated after throwing a pickled pumpkin through a window in the War Office, and now Thistle has been sent to stay with her aunt in Lily Gate. Mappo, Thistle's familiar, seems distinctly unimpressed, and even making friends with a gargoyle called Mr Pepper and a scheming snark called Epona hasn't managed to improve his temper. The Ghost Trials are looming, the war is still raging in the north, and Thistle still hasn't managed to figure out how to charm crows. Things can probably only improve, but then again, Epona's plans surely won't end well. And what's that we heard about a kraken?"--Publisher information.