Stein & Frank

There's trouble afoot. When Prince Stein has a party for his three hundred-and-somethingth birthday, the villagers of Rustnuts figure out just what goes on up at the castle in Transnordia. They already hate the Huckenbeck dynasty for ruining the village. Now they hate them for being … themselves.It's too much for Stein to manage on his own. If only he could make a friend … a really, really new friend.Catch Stein in his latest adventure, SWAGG. Book 1, Spook, is out now! Jill Marshall is the author of the best-selling Jane Blonde series and fiction for children, young adults and adults. Her middle-grade series about sensational girl spy, Jane Blonde,published by Macmillan Children's Books UK, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies around the world, featured as a World Book Day title and reached the UK Times Top 10 for all fiction. Jane Blonde has been optioned for film and TV and is currently undergoing some exciting Wower-ish transformations.Jill has now brought Jane together with her other series in this age group - Doghead, The Legend of Matilda Peppercorn, Stein & Frank - in a fantastic new ensemble series. Meet the SWAGG team, and their first book, SPOOK.As well as books for tweens and teens, Jill writes for young adults and adults, each with a collection of three stand-alone novels. She also writes for younger children, with a Hachette-published picture book for teenies, Kave-Tina Rox.When she's not writing books, Jill is a communications consultant and a proud mum and nana. She divides her time between the UK and New Zealand, and hopes one day to travel between the two by SatiSPI or ESPIdrilles. Stein is lonely. But then, there aren't many other kids around his castle in Transnordia who are his age. About 311, give or take. But then Stein makes a new friend, and together they tackle revolting villagers, battles with undead people-eaters and the trials of Rustnuts. Now what else can Stein apply his new-found skills to …From Jill Marshall, the author of the best-selling Jane Blonde series, comes a new take on an old story, with a new kind of hero. Stein & Frank is also an origin story in the SWAGG series. Meet Stein again in S*W*A*G*G 1, Spook, and in Book 2, School of Ice, coming soon.