In the kingdom of Dampenia, things are-unsurprisingly-damp. The citizens don't complain. Wet is what you get, and you don't get upset. But then the boggarts move in and eat all the sheep. The Merfolk move in and eat all the fish. And the locusts move in and eat, well, everything. Mum says, "Well, what can you do?" and serves soup without soup. That won't do. So thirteen-year-old Viola decides someone should do something. And that someone is her. Armed with nothing but unreasonable optimism, Viola sets off across a fairytale world gone slightly wrong. She meets hungry locusts obsessed with exercise, bureaucratic moles, worm-wizards, and melancholy elves who lend out rapiers but never smiles. Every kingdom she visits has its own crisis-and every creature she meets is certain that nothing can be done. But Viola believes otherwise. Viola the Great is a witty, rain-soaked adventure about quiet courage, small decencies, and the stubborn hope that even in a soggy world, kindness might still grow.
