Lydia's Enchanted Toffee

Planet Plenti is a most extraordinary place, a world of incredible edible delights; of confectionery minerals, fizzy pop springs, forests and jungles full of delectable plantlife … And yet, for children in the land of Likrishka, life is less than ordinary, and mostly very grim - as the Likrish population lives under the watchful rule of Stannic, a tin-skinned tyrant, a Master Chef who commands an army of robot waiters. Thus nine-year-old Lydia faces a future slaving away in a factory camp - but the girl was born with a mysterious power over metal (when she eats a special type of toffee) … One eventful day, she meets a gang of other girls with strange sweetie powers: the deadly Bull’s-Eye, razor-toothed Jawbreaker, fire-breathing Peppermint, super-fast Hazel Whirl; there’s Marshmallow, Ice Lolly, Sugar Cube, Dolly Mixture, Cocoa and Marzipan … and together, they must travel across the robot-controlled Candi-Lands, on a treasure hunt for magic sweets that will help to defeat the villainous Chef … and return their world to its sweetest, once more. This is a new slimmer version of Neale Osborne's acclaimed debut ‘Lydia’s Tin Lid Drum’ - in 44 short chapters, from ‘Appetizer’ to ‘Afters’, decorated with over 100 illustrations - some of them new to this beautifully-presented paperback edition.