The Nowhere Emporium
Ross MacKenzie
Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2016 and the Scottish Children's Book Award 2016, and the North East Book Award 2015 (so far ). When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the 'shop from nowhere' -- and its owner, Mr Silver -- draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as Mr Silver's apprentice, Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporium's vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms -- rooms that contain wonders beyond anything Daniel has ever imagined. But when Mr Silver disappears, and a shadow from the past threatens everything, the Emporium and all its wonders begin to crumble. Can Daniel save his home, and his new friends, before the Nowhere Emporium is destroyed forever? Ross MacKenzie unleashes a riot of imagination, colour and fantasy in this astonishing adventure, perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Cornelia Funke and Neil Gaiman.
Reviews
about a boy named daniel who traveled around the world in different times
Anonymous 05.01.2025
This story is about an orphan named Daniel. He is chased by Spud Harper a bully and found himself in the Nowhere Emporium. He met Lucien Silver there and returned the day after. Lucien was surprised because no customer would ever return since he took a part of their imagination away. Then one day, Lucien went missing and he got help from Ellie (Lucien’s daughter). They find out secrets of her father and outwit an old ancestor called Vindictus Sharpe. My favourite character is Ellie. I would recommend it to someone who likes mysteries and magic. Who has creativity and imagination.
Anonymous 16.12.2024
This is my class reading book and every chapter is amazing and ends with a cliffhanger. I love how Ross MacKenzie goes from an enchanting chapter about Daniel and Ellie to a flashback about Lucien Silver as a teenager. I liked Ellie the best. You should read this book, every page will leave you wanting for more!
Anonymous 01.12.2024
Daniel lives in an orphanage. One day he is hiding from some bullies when he comes across a shop. It is called the Nowhere Emporium. The owner of the shop does not expect him to come back, when he does, the owner (Mr Silver) asks him if he wants to join him. The Nowhere Emporium runs on imagination and is filled with wonders. As Daniel becomes a member of staff at the Emporium, he has to keep wonders going and balance the horrible truth about Vindictus Sharpe as well as worrying about Mr Silver's health.
Anonymous 15.09.2024
There were a couple of twists, which I really enjoyed but it is a hit confusing at times.
Anonymous 14.08.2024
This was a really exciting mysterious and excellent
Anonymous 19.06.2024
Not my usual read but I loved it.
Anonymous 22.03.2024
I didn't like the story
Anonymous 09.01.2024
This magical, breathtaking story takes you to all periods of time. For this wondrous shop which is a miracle, is built entirely on pure magic. It's down to a chap called Mr Silver to run it but he is ageing and his enemy (Vindictus Sharpe) is getting closer to killing him and seizing the Nowhere Emporium. Though suddenly Silver finds an apprentice you goes by the name Daniel Holmes. Daniel can cast magic. Fast forwarding to a few weeks later Sharpe has come. Daniel doesn't know it's him for Mr Silver has disappeared. Ellie, Silver's daughter (who is invisible) says he's danger though is ignored. Can Daniel find Mr Silver? What will he face? Can he defeat Sharpe? What will happen? Read to find out!
Anonymous 22.12.2023
I LOVED this book it was full of mystery’s and it said you can go and bluck a hair out and they did get two and he kitted them in his head that’s crazy. My favourite character was this girl called Emily because she was super kind and sweet. I recommend this book to someone who loves mystery’s. This is a nonfiction book so it is made up. I loved this book. I would recommend reading it.
Anonymous 16.09.2023
Wasn’t so good, my favourite part is when the shop first magically appeared and everyone was so confused.
Anonymous 20.08.2023
Intruiging
Anonymous 09.08.2023
I like the book because Daniel the main character was from Glasgow, like me. He was very brave to take on the evil Vandictus Sharpe. What I liked was the changing settings of the emporium. I would recommend this book to others because, although it was hard to follow the story at times, it has challenging words and is a very imaginative book with lots of descriptions.
Anonymous 07.08.2023
I am so happy that Daniel beet sharp in both challenges and saved silver but Siver did die at least Ellie got to walk outside with her dad for the first time and the last time it is a happy and sad story I would recomend it
Anonymous 18.07.2023
Exiting and mystereous. Fun but sad. This was a great book and I loved it. Every chapter was exiting and i couldn`t wait to find out what would happen next.
Anonymous 10.07.2023
Great characters
Anonymous 06.07.2023
Very interesting and I reccomend I liked the character mr silver and I like those type of books
Anonymous 10.02.2023
It was really interesting to read and it made want to read the other books in that collection.
Anonymous 03.09.2022
this book is very mysterious . I like the character Ellie because she was who led the Danial to the Emporium where there are no troubles.I would like to recommend this book to my friends .Its quiet interesting story.
Anonymous 02.09.2022
I loved the mystery in this book and actually made me think of a link with magic. I would highly recommend and I think I read it all in 2 days I was so gripped.
Anonymous 21.08.2022