In the British tradition of comic fantasies, here is a wildly witty caper that would make Lewis Carroll laugh and E. Nesbit snicker.

A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom -- an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. A lot can go wrong in nine days. When the beastly Mrs. Trottle kidnaps the prince of the Island, it's up to a strange band of rescuers to save him. But can an ogre, a hag, a wizard, and a fey really troop around London unnoticed?

In a plot thick with mayhem, mix-ups, and magic, there is something to please all. Fantasy lovers in particular will not want to miss this peek through the door of Platform 13 into the imagination of a deliciously clever writer.
 
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The secret doorway on Platform 13 of London's abandoned train station opens only every nine years for only nine days. This doorway connects the city of London with a magical island where humans and all sorts of mythical creatures live in harmony. However, during the last few minutes of the last of those nine magical days in 1983, a horrible human woman kidnaps the baby prince of the island and takes him away with her to London. Nine years later the agonized king and queen of the island send their team of experts (a wizard, a fairy, a one-eyed giant, and a young hag) to London to find and return the kidnapped prince. Will they succeed before the nine days are up or will they too be shut off from their homeland for nine long years?