Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

by Jessica Townsend

‘His family is being extremely generous in the matter. They ask only that you pay his funeral expenses, put his grandchildren through university and make a donation to his favourite charity.’ ‘How many grandchildren?’ ‘Five.’

‘A town called Nunya Business, in the Keep-Your-Nose-Out Republic.’

‘But I reckon the only language some people understand is the language of the surprise jelly attack.’

What is your biggest fear? Morrigan didn’t even have to think about that one. Total no-brainer. That dolphins will learn to walk on land and shoot acid out of their blowholes.

‘Obviously.’ He snapped open the newspaper and buried his face in it once again.

Bruh 13 years old and reading a newspaper...