
The Mirror World
Femi Fadugba(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 24. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-241-50563-2 (ISBN)
Description
The electrifying sequel to the bestselling, critically acclaimed, page-turning thriller, The Upper World, soon to be a major movie starring Academy Award Winner Daniel Kaluuya.
With her mentor, Dr Esso, by her side, Peckham born and bred Rhia is beginning her first week at the University of Oxford. She's determined to have a fresh start and put the Upper World behind her. But fitting into the hallowed halls of Oxford proves more difficult than she thought when she struggles to find her people.
That's until Rhia receives a mysterious invite under her door to a secret and exclusive society called the Ravens. The Ravens are part of the 1% and being a member of the cult-like group guarantees students a life of wealth and success. But is Rhia really willing to sell out to secure her future?
And, more pressingly, with increasingly strange goings-on happening around her, could joining the group mean opening Pandora's box - and uncovering something even more mind-bending than the Upper World? Rhia is about to find out . . .
PRAISE FOR THE UPPER WORLD:
'A superbly original debut' - Guardian
'Impossible to put down' - The Independent
'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it!' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
'A thrilling, electric book - so sharp and quick, so witty and wise it leaves you gasping.' - Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
'I couldn't put this book down' - Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor
With her mentor, Dr Esso, by her side, Peckham born and bred Rhia is beginning her first week at the University of Oxford. She's determined to have a fresh start and put the Upper World behind her. But fitting into the hallowed halls of Oxford proves more difficult than she thought when she struggles to find her people.
That's until Rhia receives a mysterious invite under her door to a secret and exclusive society called the Ravens. The Ravens are part of the 1% and being a member of the cult-like group guarantees students a life of wealth and success. But is Rhia really willing to sell out to secure her future?
And, more pressingly, with increasingly strange goings-on happening around her, could joining the group mean opening Pandora's box - and uncovering something even more mind-bending than the Upper World? Rhia is about to find out . . .
PRAISE FOR THE UPPER WORLD:
'A superbly original debut' - Guardian
'Impossible to put down' - The Independent
'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it!' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
'A thrilling, electric book - so sharp and quick, so witty and wise it leaves you gasping.' - Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
'I couldn't put this book down' - Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor
Reviews / Votes
'A startlingly original thriller . . . one of the most compelling debuts of the year' * The Observer * '[An] ambitious and highly addictive sci-fi thriller . . . incredibly tense and compelling' * The Bookseller * 'An astoundingly impressive debut. Thought-provoking, thrilling, funny, and brilliant in every sense of the word' * Katherine Webber, co-author of Twin Crowns * 'A superbly original debut' * Guardian * 'Impossible to put down' * The Independent * 'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it! * Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder * 'A thrilling, electric book - so sharp and quick, so witty and wise it leaves you gasping.' * Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures * 'I couldn't put this book down. So happy this exists.' * Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor * 'This is a book I will return to time and time again' * Caleb Femi, author of Poor * 'A rollercoaster of a story . . . Orangeboy with an Inception-style twist.' * Kat Ellis, author of Harrow Lake *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Young adult
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-50563-2 (9780241505632)
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E-Book
04/2025
Penguin Books Ltd
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Person
Femi Fadugba is an EdTech CEO, sci-fi writer and Dummett Fellow at New College, Oxford. He has given talks to over 10,000 students on topics ranging from time travel physics to the process of writing his debut novel, The Upper World (coming to Netflix soon!). In prior lives, Femi worked as a science tutor, management consultant and solar salesman, having studied at UPenn and Oxford, where he published in the field of Quantum Computing.