This spectacular book features foil and embossing on the jacket, full-color designed endpapers, red stained edges, and a red case cover with gold stamping. Two kids race to save the world and last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasies, 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 The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever. It the day he learned about the Archipelago a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousand of years, until now. And It the day he met Mala 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 happening, the clearer it becomes no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago…