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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co., Book 1)

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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co., Book 1) by Anna James

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By Anna James

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A captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about the magic of books and the power of the imagination.

Since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly has found comfort in stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents’ bookshop. But when her favourite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, appear in the shop, Tilly’s adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their thrilling worlds, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses. Tilly’s new ability could even help her solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. But danger may be lurking on the very next page…

Reviews

05 Jul 2026

Do you eat, sleep and breathe the characters from your favourite books? Do you think reality is overrated? Do you want to explore and imagine how you and your family came to be? Be brave, be kind, be curious - like Tilly. Read, no live, this amazing book!

28 May 2026

I really enjoyed how the author had made it different as Tilly's parents (Tilly is the main character) doesn't have parents YET but instead have her grandparents as her dad and mum disappeared when Tilly was young. I liked how Tilly is magical but normal at the same time. I would definetely recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and magic and books. I rate this a 10/10

01 Jan 2026

This book is amazing! I wish I could bookwander. Tilly is my favourite character. I also like this book because it is filled with mysteries and adventures.

01 Jan 2026

This book was amazing! Tilly is my favourite character.I found it a bit confusing at first but now I understand it and I have enjoyed the whole collection!

26 Sep 2025

I loved it because I like the same books as Tilly. I wish I could book wander too!

24 Aug 2025

I loved that book amazing story about how books can take you into a book 5/5

01 Aug 2025

Tilly is a very intresting character as she is half fictional and human and in the end I like how she finds her mom

02 Sep 2024

I would recommend this book to children who like mystery and adventure books because this book has it all.

19 Aug 2024

I love this book because book wandering is to do with books. I wish i was Tilly then i would book wander into Alice in wonderland

12 Aug 2024

It was exciting and I liked that Tilly could go in to books and talk to the characters.

05 Aug 2024

It was very exciting!!!

23 Jul 2024

I really loved reading it I could not put it down!

17 Jul 2024

This is a really fun, adventurous book. My favourite character is Tilly since she is a bookwanderer, and also Oskar, because he is always by Tilly's side. It is funny and fascinating! There are some amazing quotes in this one too!

08 Jul 2024

my best friend recommended this book to me. I would give this book a 10 if I could! Tilly is a curious adventurer and I wish I could meet Alice in wonderland too. they all seem like such fun characters and living in a bookshop would mean having all the books in the world! My favourite character is jack because his pastries sound delish! it's just a very thrilling and exciting book

29 Dec 2023

really good
i reccomend this book

04 Sep 2023

Pages and Co is probably the best book I've ever read.

01 Sep 2023

As someone who believes in the magic of books, it was a great read with a motto everyone can live by; ‘Be brave, be curious, be kind’.

29 Aug 2023

I liked how they travelled into books

27 Aug 2023

It was brilliant!! The settings were described beautifully and I loved all the plot twists and moments of peril. So exciting! :)
I recommend this story to book lovers from 9 to 14 - there is a lot to understand throughout the book and it needs a skilled reader to take it all in.

16 Aug 2023

My new dream is to be a bookwanderer!

10 Aug 2023

I loved this book! It engaged me straight away with the references to well-loved book characters, and the sad backstory of Tilly made me want to root for her throughout. Pace, mystery, adventure and a good villain made this a great read.

09 Aug 2023

I really enjoyed pages and code book 1 because it was full of surprises and was a really fun read

07 Aug 2023

very good plot twists

26 Jul 2023

I really loved this book. It had loads of twists and turns and was really exciting. I would recommend this to anyone who loves adventures.

21 Jul 2023

Why favourite character is Alice in Wonderland, because she is stubborn and kind at the same time. And I would recommend it, because you can go into other people's fairytales and it's not just one book!

15 Jul 2023

simply AMAZING!

12 Jul 2023

This is a brilliant story with epic adventures through story books. I want to be friends with Tilly and her grandparents.

30 Nov 2022

I walked into my school library and thought, look, just get a book for the sake of it, you don't need to read it. So I grabbed the first thing that caught my eye and just pretended to read. But then I did read, and I couldn't stop. I devoured every single little bit. My favourite person is Beatrice.

28 Sep 2022

I really enjoyed this book about a girl called Tilly and her friend Oscar finding out something called book wandering which is something you can do by reading the part of the book you want to enter and the end lines to get our. My favourite character is Tilly because she wanted to find her mum even if she got caught by chalk. I would recommend this book.

11 Sep 2022

I just loved the idea of being able to be part of a story. What a great idea.

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