Piers Torday

Box of Delights

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Kay Harker is heading home for the school holidays. Recently orphaned, he knows this Christmas will be different but nothing could prepare him for the journey that lies ahead. On the train he meets an old magician, Cole Hawlings, who charges Kay with safeguarding a wondrous device that has time-travelling powers. It's an instrument that Cole's nemesis, the wicked sorcerer Abner Brown, will stop at nothing to steal for himself. And so when the old man mysteriously disappears, Kay faces the fight of his life. He must protect both the Box of Delights and, with it, the people he loves. The Box of Delights is a magical and festive adventure in whi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-571-34610-3
EAN: 9780571346103
Produktnummer: 24611584
Verlag: Faber & Faber
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Masse: H19.6 cm x B12.4 cm x D1.3 cm 159 g
Gewicht: 159

Über den Autor

Piers Torday began his career in theatre and then television as a producer and writer. His first book for children, The Last Wild, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. The sequel, The Dark Wild, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Other books include The Wild Beyond and The Death of an Owl. He lives in London with his husband and a very naughty dog.