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**The first book in the captivating Colours of Madeleine series** ***"Quirky, charming, funny, sad: another winner from this always-surprising author." *Kirkus** ***"Perfectly strange ... Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the ******most original writers we have." *Markus Zusak** Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World - a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie's Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in Bonfire, the Farms, the Kingdom of Cello - where seasons roam, the Butterfly Child sleeps in a glass jar, and bells warn of attacks from dangerous Colours. They are worlds apart - until a crack opens up between them; a corner of white - the slim seam of a letter. Elliot begins to write to Madeleine, the Girl-in-the-World - a most dangerous thing to do, for suspected cracks must be reported and closed. But Elliot's father has disappeared and Madeleine's mother is sick. Can a stranger from another world help to unravel the mysteries in your own? Can Madeleine and Elliot find the missing pieces of themselves before it is too late? **Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Ethel Turner Prize 2013** **Winner of Queensland Literary Awards' Young Adult Book Award 2013** **Shortlisted for WA Premier's Literary Awards' Young Adult 2012**