On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.

"This is an impressive debut by Nadine Wild-Palmer... She has a tremendous imagination - I loved meeting the weird and wonderful creatures in this fantasy land" - The Times, Children's Book of the Week

"This hugely imaginative debut, with a brilliantly resourceful heroine, is one to look out for" - The Bookseller

"The Tunnels Below is a zippy and captivating read, full of cliffhanger chapter endings and inventive fantasy elements. Reminiscent of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Cecilia is pulled into a dreamlike world, with quirky twists and turns around every corner. Nadine Wild-Palmer's imagination is big and surprising and a joy to enter." - BookTrust

"A crazy adventure that skirts scary but is full of beautiful moments" - Scoop Magazine

"A compelling-sounding debut fantasy" - Sam Read's Books Blog

"Weird and wonderful creatures in The Tunnels Below... Set in an underground world where a magical community exists... it will change your thinking of the London Underground forever" - Angels and Urchins

"Eerie and clever this story is reminiscent of The Midnight Hour" - Sue and Pakka's blog

"A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief, with a really amazing atmosphere that will keep you gripped with every page turn" - ReadItDaddy (blog)

"Loved the storyline and the characters!" - Independent Book Reviews (blog)

"A brilliantly imagined other-world adventure that pitches a young girl into a very strange place, and up against a dangerous tyrant, The Tunnels Below is an impressive debut." - Books for Keeps

"The pages really did turn themselves, and really were quite gripping in their novelty" - The Bookbag blog

"Such a sweet tale of friendship and standing up for what you believe in" - Nayu's Reading Corner blog

"The Tunnels Below is a richly layered, inventive story full of tension and excitement." - Get Kids into Books blog

"Fills you with excitement and anticipation from the very first page" - Scoop Magazine