Hatmakers

Cordelia comes from a long line of magical milliners who weave alchemy and enchantment into every hat. In Cordelias world Making - crafting items such as hats cloaks watches boots and gloves from magical ingredients - is a rare and ancient skill and only a few special Maker families remain. When Cordelias father Prospero and his ship the Jolly Bonnet are lost at sea during a mission to collect hat ingredients Cordelia is determined to find him. But Uncle Tiberius and Aunt Ariadne have no time to help the littlest Hatmaker for an ancient rivalry between the Maker families is threatening to surface. Worse someone seems to be using Maker magic to start a war. Its up to Cordelia to find out who and why.