A young boy joins a troupe of goblin actors in this fantastical story of families lost and found.

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“It was hard to stop reading Goblin Secrets, and I didn’t want the book to end! The author’s imagination is both huge and original, taking us to a truly new place, rich with lively, vivid scenes, fascinating people, and marvelous inventions. He doesn’t explain things, yet everything is clear. And he tells his fast-paced story in language that’s a pleasure in itself — subtle, tricky, funny, beautiful. More, please, Will Alexander!”
– Ursula K. Le Guin, author of A Wizard of Earthsea

“Goblin Secrets is a knockout. As a lifelong sucker for theatre and books about theatre, I don’t know a fantasy novel that’s used performing and maskmaking in just that way.”
– Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn

“Goblin Secrets includes all my favorite things: mystery, magic, and plenty of thrills, a goblin theatrical troupe, a beautifully realized fantasy world, and an orphan boy searching for his lost brother.”
– Delia Sherman, author of The Freedom Maze

“There are books that make you feel good for having read them. Not virtuous or well-behaved, but good. More whole-hearted, more brave, more likely to look at a stranger and see the fine face beneath the mask of their unfamiliarity. Goblin Secrets, William Alexander’s debut novel, is just such a book.”
– Fantasy Matters

“Alexander’s world, blending steampunk and witchy magic, is impressively convincing and evocative in its oddities.”
– Kirkus, Starred Review