She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. The depths of our Children's Laureate's imagination knows no bounds in this action-packed adventure about a boy who can create maps to transport himself into imaginary worlds.

Which Way to Anywhere is an inventive midgrade portal fantasy featuring maps, robots and latent superpowers. Which Way to Anywhere will be the first book in a new series for 8-14 year olds who love lots of action, fantastical adventures, exploring new worlds, incredible inventions, living maps, and giant robot assassins! Emphasis on imagination, a sci-fi x fantasy series exploring different planets, inclusion of bounty hunters, a river of jewellery AND cloud cities.

The novel deals with themes of adjusting to a new blended family and also touches upon ecological and environmental issues. On another note, the O’Hero family’s history plays a large role in the story and the world, so it was interesting to learn about that over the course of the book. I had some trouble deciphering a few of the words that accompanied the illustrations during the early chapters but didn’t have any problems with this once I got used to the handwriting.

With a terrible beast and a petrifying robot assassin in their way, they must learn to work together quickly - because the future of their family is at stake . Amongst all of the arguments and chaos there was a surprise misty eyed moment that had me trying to figure out how to get myself grafted into the O’Hero-Smith family. I found the mixture of magic and technology intriguing and enjoyed the underlying theme of how important family is. These doorways are opened by drawings of maps, as long as they are done by someone with the right magical gift.

When their little sister is kidnapped, siblings K2 O'Hero and his twin sister Izzabird go on a rescue mission. The director goes bankrupt and sells half the stage set for money leaving an almost empty stage and all the scripts where lost, so no one knows what to do. However, a number of strange and wonderful things happen that mean that they have to work together and put their differences aside if they are to save the world.