Cornelia Button and the Globe of Gamagion

by Edyth Bulbring

Three friends living in Johannesburg each have their own secret Cornelia Button dreams of being a famous singer; her sister, Maude, wants to be a gypsy princess; and their friend, Zwelabo, wants to be a brave hero like his mysterious, absent father. Aunty Hilda tells the children that they can be anything they want to if they can imagine it. The children spin their father's magical globe and are transported to the Kingdom of Gamagion, where they live their dreams until the realm is attacked by Darko Drogbarl. Cornelia and her friends must is find the weapon to destroy this monster and bring peace to the divided kingdom.

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2009

About the author

Edyth Bulbring is an award-winning author of nine Young Adult novels: The Summer of Toffie and Grummer which was shortlisted for the English Academy's 2010 Percy FitzPatrick prize for Youth Literature (Oxford University Press, February 2008); Cornelia Button and the Globe of Gamagion (Jacana, April 2008); The Club (Jonathan Ball Publishers, September 2008); Pops and The Nearly Dead (Penguin, March 2010); Melly, Mrs Ho and Me (Penguin, September 2010); Melly, Fatty and Me which was awarded the English Academy's 2012 Percy FitzPatrick prize for Youth Literature (Penguin, September 2011); The Mark which was awarded the English Academy's 2016 Percy FitzPatrick Prize for Youth Literature (Tafelberg September 2014) and Snitch which won the 2017 M.E.R Prize for best Afrikaans or English youth novel (Tafelberg, May 2016).

She was born in Boksburg and grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She worked as a journalist for fifteen years and was the political correspondent at the Sunday Times of South Africa covering the first democratic elections. She likes dogs, trees and junk shops.