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“Ingenious, urgent, unstoppable — This is a sequel with serious brains.”
- Chris Riches, Daily Express
- Kirkus Reviews "GET IT" award.
“Encourages kids to think deeply, explore bravely, and believe their questions matter.”
““A quirky science adventure with an engaging message of sustainability and hope.”
- Will Barker, The Sun
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Now also available as a major audiobook release, read by JENNIFER SAUNDERS
- LoveReadingUK
The Blurb
Ellie doesn’t believe in magic, she believes in science.
But science is magic!
Science explains everything, right? But when Ellie’s school burns down in roaring purple flames (wait, what?), her favourite teacher hands her wrist bracers that summon the elements (Bracers…Nitrogen!), and she’s invited to join a secret society of the smartest minds on Earth (yikes!), suddenly not everything has an explanation after all!
Driven by logic, unshakeable stubbornness, and an unreasonable number of jam jars, Ellie is determined to prove that science can explain everything – no matter how strange things get.
But can she?
Ellie Ment and the Material Matter (Book One) is a STEM-based adventure where chemistry meets chaos, physics bends reality, and curiosity might just save the world.
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Ellie Ment and the Material Matter received the top honour at the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.
The Moonbeam Awards celebrate outstanding storytelling for young readers and are the oldest and most recognised national awards platform in America devoted entirely to children’s literature.
Teachers and Parents View?
Science, Maths and Language teacher, Joshua (and Dad too!) gives his honest view about Ellie Ment and the Material Matter...
Vicky Holmes, One of the World’s Most Successful Children’s Fiction Creators, Joins the Ellie Ment Series
Vicky Holmes has shaped children’s fiction for decades, as creator, editor and co-author of globally successful series that have sold more than 150 million copies in over 40 languages.
She now joins Ellie Ment as developmental and copy editor, bringing world-class storytelling expertise to the series’ blend of adventure and real science.
Read her exclusive interview with LoveReading4Kids on fantasy, young readers, “invisible learning” and joining the Ellie Ment series.
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Foreword by Stanley Johnson
Stanley Johnson—renowned environmentalist, former MEP, and founder of Europe’s first Environmental Action Programme—provides the foreword for Ellie Ment and the Material Matter.
Johnson praises the novel’s ability to make science exciting and accessible while handling deep environmental and ethical themes through story, not lectures.
He notes the book’s exceptional balance of idealism and pragmatism, its relevance to real-world ecological challenges, and its capacity to inspire action and curiosity in young readers.
More than just a book series, this is a universe of science, adventure, and imagination. Experience it through music with The Ellie Ment Overture, an original orchestral score composed by Joe Hogan—capturing the spirit, emotion, and momentum of Ellie’s journey.
