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Create your own magical object

Create your own magical object

Dragon’s Green

Beat the back-to-school blues by winning a £30 National Book Tokens card and a signed book!

Dragon’s Green is the first book in the Worldquake sequence, a trilogy of books all about magic and adventure! In Dragon’s Green, Effie and her friends seem to be normal schoolchildren but when they discover their hidden Otherworld strengths, they are catapulted into the adventure of a lifetime!

If you had a hidden magical power, what would it be? What object would make it stronger?

Tell us what your hidden magical power might be! Then draw a magical object that would make it stronger, to be in with a chance to win a £30 National Book Tokens card as well as one of four signed copies of Dragon’s Green by Scarlett Thomas.

How to enter

Download the competition sheet and get drawing! You can send us photographs of your entry or a 2d drawing of your magical object, just make sure your name and a contact email are sent with your entry.

You can send us your completed competition sheet by using the ‘Submit an image’ options at the bottom of this page. Make sure you’re logged in to your profile first as we need to know how to contact you if you win.

Or you can send your drawing by email, to [email protected]

Or by post, to
Kimberley Sheehan,
The Reading Agency,
60 Farringdon Road,
London,
EC1R 3GA

Find out more about Dragon’s Green

You can read an extract from Dragon’s Green here.
You can also find out what your magical power might be by taking a fun quiz.

Terms and Conditions

The closing date for the competition is Friday 20 October 2017.
Competition is open to UK residents only, and entrants must be aged 12 years or under.
The judges’ decision is final.

Information for adults

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