IMPORTANT!
Turn the key three times only.
Never turn the key while the music is playing.
Never pick up the box while the music is playing.
Never close the lid until the music has stopped.
The old music box, painted with scenes of villages, dark forests, a castle on a hill and a queen in a long blue gown, has been handed down through Leo’s family. Now it belongs to Leo, and although he respects its rules, his least favourite cousin Mimi does not. When the rules are broken, Leo’s ordered life changes forever as they plunge together into the fantastic world of Rondo.
‘… the work of a gifted storyteller at the height of her powers’
Rosemary Neill, Weekend Australian
‘… image-rich prose and compelling action’
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
‘… a contemporary classic’
Joy Lawn, Junior Bookseller and Publisher