Twixies, an enchanted woods magic, and mystery. All of these make for a incredible tale. Meet Poppy Skiffles an unusual little girl.
Twixies, Wykks, Elifs, Gommets, Fey O’Raisles, Ochres, Whitts, an enchanted wood, magic, and mystery. All of these make for a incredible tale. But is that all that they are? Could they really exist in our world? One little girl is about to find out what lies behind the fairy tales she has been told. She will also find out that being strange isn’t always a bad thing.
Meet Poppy Skiffles, an orphan girl who comes to live with new foster parents in the mysterious old English village of Whittcombe. Poppy finds herself immersed in legends of the nearby Dwelling Wood, after hearing eight tales about the enchanted wood. Eventually she encounters the Maestifoles, mystical creatures who live there. Poppy meets and is courted by Veneficus, an evil wykk, a gentle twixie named Wizzbury Snapp, and his friend, the fey O’Raisle, Loomy-Ann.
From then on, everything Poppy does, including her attendance at the local school, is flavoured with mystery and magic. Poppy soon realises that, not only is she full of magic, but also that she is perhaps, the realisation of the ancient legend of the Magus, a cross between human and maestifole.