The Vanished Kingdom: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Revised Edition)
The Vanished Kingdom, Book One
From Jonathan Auxier, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Gardener and Sweep comes the first outing in The Vanished Kingdom series — a swashbuckling adventure with unforgettable characters for readers 8 to 12. Now with a newly designed cover!
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher — a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries on the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island, where he meets the eccentric Professor Cake. The Professor gives Peter a choice: travel to…
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April 1, 2025JONATHAN AUXIER is the author of The Vanished Kingdom series, including Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, which was a Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Honour Book. His bestselling The Night Gardener won The TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and several others, while Sweep received six starred reviews, and won the Governor General's Award and the Sydney Taylor Book Award. Auxier grew up near Vancouver and now lives in Pittsburgh with his family.