If you enjoy books like Alice in Wonderland and C S Lewis’ Narnia series, then this might be your next good read. It owes something to these, and surely to James Stoddard’s The High House, being a tale about a world contained in a house. So, sit back and enjoy the ride as the children encounter things like cars made from old sewing machines, magic masks, and strange beings who find a use for everything that ends up in the attic. This makes it sound like a mere sequence of adventures, but it is more than that. The children are from two earlier marriages; with their new parents having been one from each, and each having very different interests and outlooks on life. It is a story about getting along and about using each other’s strengths to overcome problems. In short, it is an imaginative and thought-provoking book that, in common with many other Atom books, will also appeal to adults.