Joan Aiken

The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)

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Produktbeschreibung

In the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the start of a hair-raising race to save the harp from sinister Lord Malyn. As they struggle to keep it out of his hands, they are plunged into a wild adventure involving murder, kidnapping, and savage beasts.

Produktdetails

• A Puffin Book
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK / Puffin
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Altersempfehlung: von 8 bis 12 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780141368757
• ISBN-10: 0141368756
• Artikelnr.: 44712223

Autorenporträt

Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom and the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.

Rezensionen

Joan Aiken is a marvel Philip Pullman The Guardian