We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

A strange and powerful object falls into the wrong hands . . .
Kim's always lived in the shadow of his younger sister, Eila. Everyone talks about how smart she is but, in Kim's eyes, she still makes mistakes.
When Kim and Eila find a strange, otherworldly object floating in a lake, Kim is sure it's bad news . . . but Eila is irresistibly drawn to it, especially when it starts communicating with her. Eila decides to take it home and soon she is calling the strange object her friend. In return, it's giving her powers over insects, animals, even the weather. Surely no one should have these powers - particularly not ten-year-old girls who think they're always right?
Can Kim and his friends figure out how to save Eila from herself before it's too late?
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Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning Old Kingdom fantasy novels; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; and with Sean Williams, the Troubletwisters books and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties. He is also the author of Frogkisser! and other novels for younger children.
More than six million copies of Garth's books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into 40 languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Follow Garth on twitter at @garthnix or at www.garthnix.com