kristin Kladstrup's Wonderfully Transporting Fantasy - Featuring A Ship Full Of Orphaned Pirate Children, A Pair Of Warring Royals, And Plenty Of Magic Potions - Is Sure To Thrill All Those Who Dare Turn Its Pages.
oscar Martin Was Fourteen When He Mysteriously Disappeared From His Iowa Farmhouse Home In June 1914. His Sister Claimed Oscar Had Rowed Out To Sea - But How Was That Possible? There Is No Ocean In Iowa. When, Nearly A Century Later, Lucy Martin And Her Parents Move From Their City Apartment To That Same Farmhouse In Iowa, It Is Not Long Before Lucy Discovers The Strange And Dangerous Book Of Story Beginings. And It's Not Long Before Oscar Reappears In A Bizarre Turn Of Events That Sends The Two Distant Relatives On A Perilous Journey To Save Lucy's Father.
this Remarkable Debut Fantasy Novel Is A Thrilling Page Turner As Well As A Tribute To The Writer's Craft.
publishers Weekly
a Cryptic Message In A Dream Draws A Girl Into A Century-old Mystery In Kladstrup's Debut Novel. As The Story Opens, Lucy Martin's Great-aunt Has Just Passed Away, Leaving Her Home In Iowa To The Girl's Family (the Timing Couldn't Be Better, As Lucy's Father Has Just Been Denied Tenure). In A Letter Written Before She Died, Aunt Lavonne Mentions A Mysterious Book She Has Discovered, Oscar, Her Older Brother Who Went Missing In 1914, And A Dream In Which Oscar Tells Lavonne, Lucy Will Explain! In Their New Home, Lucy Discovers The Titular Book, In Which A Young Oscar Had Written The Openings For Several Stories He Did Not Finish. One Of Those Stories Tells Of A Boy Whose Farmhouse Is Suddenly Surrounded By A Great Black Seajust Like The One Lavonne Remembers Appearing The Night Oscar Vanishedand Shortly Thereafter Lucy Meets Oscar In The Attic, Still A Boy, With No Idea Where He Has Been All These Years. It Turns Out That Anything Written In The Book Becomes Realwhich Lucy Discovers Too Late, After Her Father Suffers The Consequences. The Narrative Becomes A Bit Convoluted Here, Teeming With Transformation Potions, Talismans And Books Of Alchemy, But It Makes For Whimsical Escapism. Plot Trumps Character Development; As A Result Lucy Never Quite Comes Into Focus. Readers May Be Reminded Of Michael Ende's The Neverending Story, Which Shares Some Similar Themes And Ideas. Ages 10-13. (apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Publisher : Candlewick
Author : Kladstrup, Kristin
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2006-03-14
Number Of Pages : 368
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0763626090
ISBN-13 : 9780763626099
Item weight : 0.95 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 6.2 in x 9.1 in
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