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Everyone has got the wrong impression of George. A sensitive, ten-year-old, he battles with bullying and friendships and is always unintentionally in trouble. Yet beneath his sullen exterior, a warm affectionate boy deeply wants to be accepted and liked but doesn’t know how. And what will he do for his school project without being jeered by his classmates? When he overhears about a magical flying book called The Zobeasts which helps children excel and shine, he is convinced this is the key to proving his worth. But how will he find a book with wings?
GEORGE & MOSKIE
Deep in the heart of England lies a very normal town called St. Slegna where very normal humans live very normal lives.
That Slegna spells Angels backwards is neither here nor there. It simply is.
St. Slegna is the home of George Opus Bambourne, an awkward ten-year-old stuck in the belief that he isn’t good enough. Despite his desire to be ‘seen,’ his gentler expressions and talents are often overlooked in favour of his classmates’ intelligence, popularity and fast humour. No-one seems to understand him so he pretends to fit in by acting out. Yet deep within George knows he has more to offer but hasn’t found a way to fully express himself without feeling silly or flushing pink with embarrassment.
“It’s strange you know, but FUNNY THINGS happen when you change your BELIEFS!”
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Upon overhearing about a winged book called The Zobeasts, a bunch of unique creatures who help misunderstood children excel and shine, George decides to seek out this masterpiece, no matter what, convinced that their supernatural powers will catapult him into being the boy he truly wants to be.
His brilliant plan fills him with excitement, but it has to be kept a secret…shhhh!
Who are THE ZOBEASTS
and where do they come from?
BASTOR
Boss of The Zobeasts
“If I didn’t know better, I reckon young Georgie here has got a secret up his sleeve! Ain’t that right, young man? Nothing’s a secret in St Slegna for long, I know that much, kiddo!” chuckled Teddy, elbowing George a little too forcibly in the ribs.
George stabbed into a roast potato, suddenly going off Teddy and his washing machine mouth liquidising forkfuls of carrots and chicken. No-one would ever find out about his Zobeasts quest, especially a lumpy old gossip like Teddy.
TEDDY BRILLANTINE - as bumptious and big and brilliant as a brimming bowl of bravura
QIZZAMO
Found in a baby box near Graffiti Bridge by local nuns, PANDORA PUDDING was raised in a convent where she loved to eat cake. Now a part-time nanny, Teddy’s girlfriend and so terribly thin, she dreams of escaping it all to live in a cottage by the sea.
The Grand Library of St Slegna looks the same as usual yet curiously doesn’t FEEL the same! As for the revolting new librarian Major Posquith and posh Miss Tarnish… goodness me!
MAJOR POSQUITH
“Just bring me The Zobeasts, boy!” Poor George is interrogated by the ghastly Major Posquith, who suspects he knows more than he’s telling her. Now in charge of The Great Library of St Slegna, this character is a terrifying piece of work who craves recognition and applause.
PRAASKIE
TORT
From the outside, Victoria Books looks like a dusty, old-fashioned shop stuffed with hundreds of boring books but venture across the threshold to discover its many dark secrets.
HULLYCHU
First beauty Queen of St Slegna and her highly spoilt daughter, Annabelle, the subject of poor George’s crush…oh dear!
REGINA AND ANNABELLE
MATCHLESS
“You’d soon wake up if I told you I know about The Zobeasts!”
George struggled to blink open an eye. To his astonishment, a grinning goblin dwarf sporting an Indian headdress was bobbing up and down by the side of his hospital bed, gaily twanging the straps of his dungarees hooked over a scruffy blue shirt. The inscription ‘Pax 33’ on his belt stood out like a golden badge.
KONSHEEUS
Pax leads George underground to the secret world of Valiamondo.
Home to The Zobeasts, Trinket Fairies, a million Porry Animos and and a terrifying part-horse, part-V8 engine called Bertrude, Valiamondo is truly is an awesome sight to behold. But that’s not all. Tap on the button to discover what’s REALLY happening in this extraordinary parallel universe that exists right beneath the town of St. Slegna!
VALIAMONDO
where Masters Make Magic Matter
WOZLAS
Professor Rusty Quimble
The meanest, possibly the most destructive antagonist ever! Pictured here with his precious E-Nurses, automatic ‘Eyes’ that oversee the children’s ward at BLUD HOSPITAL, the professor will stop at NOTHING to get his own way… and that means danger!