
The Truth About Snurdles
by JLP Higgins
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Pub Date May 28 2025 | Archive Date Jul 16 2025
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Description
A fantastical adventure set deep in the bowels of the Earth in another world, the world of the ancient and long-lived Snurdles, the magical Norwegian Forest Cats, fearsome fire spiders and the six-legged Alogosei.
Driven into the wilderness of the high Himalayas by humans, the Snurdles are sought out by King Machitis of Atlantis and taken to that fabled isle to utilise their abilities.
Barely escaping Atlantis sinking into the ocean, they undertake an epic and dangerous journey across the sea and Antarctica where they almost perish, until they find an entrance to their hidden world.
Since that ancient time the Snurdles have secretly helped humanity with their love and intelligence, trying to save our world so that theirs survives too. They search for children with the potential to save it, all the while preserving literature, art, knowledge and culture in their vast caverns underground.
This is a story for all children who worry about the future. There is no need. They are never far from a Snurdle.
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781836289227 |
PRICE | £3.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 240 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews

This is an interesting science fiction novel for middle schoolers. It takes its inspiration from Jules Vern’s ”Journey to the Center of the World”, and it includes six-legged horses, Norwegian Forest cats, Atlantis, and the Library of Alexandria. The three children are intoduced by their snurdle guide to the possibilities of a future in which no one needs anything, but has appealing tasks that will benefit all of society–benefits that the Snurdles will share with the humans who live on the surface of the world when the humans ae able to accept them. The description of the underground snurdle world will fascinate curious middles schoolers. There is mention of historical figures who may inspire childen to read more about them. (Parents, of course, are not part of the snurdle experience).