The queen and the nobody boy : Hodie's journey (in five parts all about bad choices) / by Barbara Else ; with illustrations by Sam Broad.

Map on end papers.

Sequel to: The Travelling Restaurant.

Part one: How to leave the City of Spires -- Part two: How to cross the Stones of Beyond -- Part three: How to travel to Um'binnia -- Part four: Many shocks and temptations -- Part five: What to do when you've escaped but only so far -- Postscript 1: the royal swear word -- Postscript 2: Emperor Prowdd'on's moustache wardrobe -- Postscript 3 -- Um'binnian cabbage cream.

Hodie is an unpaid odd-job boy at the Grand Palace in the Kingdom of Fontania. Fed-up he decides to leave and better himself in the South. The young Queen, Sibilla is fed-up too due to the gossip about her lack of magical ability. She decides to go with Hodie, insisting he go north.