Verdigris Deep

Frances Hardinge (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2008 | Unabridged edition
Macmillan Children's Books (Verlag)
978-0-330-44190-2 (ISBN)

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From an award-winning author, a wholly original modern classic in the making, with a great, new paperback look.

Verdigris n. a blue-green rust that tarnishes ageing and forgotten copper coins, altering them entirely ...One evening, Ryan and his friends steal some coins from a well. Soon after, strange things begin to happen. Peculiar marks burn on Ryan's knuckles and light bulbs mysteriously explode. Then the well witch appears, with her fountains for eyes and gargled demands. From now on the children must serve her -- and the wishes rotting at the bottom of her well. In the tradition of truly fantastic story-telling, VERDIGRIS DEEP is darkly witty, utterly creepy and clever.

Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's novels including, Fly By Night's sequel, Twilight Robbery, as well as the Carnegie shortlisted Cuckoo Song and the Costa Book of the Year winner, The Lie Tree.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.5.2008
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
ISBN-10	0-330-44190-6 / 0330441906
ISBN-13	978-0-330-44190-2 / 9780330441902
Zustand	Neuware