There's a place where all the wildest stories began . From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials
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Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children's Book Award, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children's Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night.
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. Michael Morpurgo Theres a place where all the wildest stories began The first novel in the award winning and globally best-selling Impossible Creatures series is the story of two children's epic adventure to transform the world. Read the stunning sequel to Impossible Creatures: book 2, The Poisoned King, is OUT NOW! Christopher is stunned when he discovers a Way-Between from our world to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil before it's too late. * THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023 * BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDRENS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR Full of adventures, wonderful side characters, new lands and so many fantastic creatures. I heartily recommend it to readers of all ages Rick Riordan A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder Cressida Cowell Rundells first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of childrens literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ quite possibly her best yet The Guardian A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime Jacqueline Wilson The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldnt resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once - Philip Pullman A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman The Daily Telegraph Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at Kiran Millwood Hargrave Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth Frank Cottrell-Boyce Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come The Independent With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy Aisha Bushby A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon Sam Sedgman A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller Catherine Doyle The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent The Times Surely the next classic The I. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Artikel-Nr. GOR013514519
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. Michael Morpurgo Theres a place where all the wildest stories began The first novel in the award winning and globally best-selling Impossible Creatures series is the story of two children's epic adventure to transform the world. Read the stunning sequel to Impossible Creatures: book 2, The Poisoned King, is OUT NOW! Christopher is stunned when he discovers a Way-Between from our world to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil before it's too late. * THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023 * BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDRENS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR Full of adventures, wonderful side characters, new lands and so many fantastic creatures. I heartily recommend it to readers of all ages Rick Riordan A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder Cressida Cowell Rundells first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of childrens literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ quite possibly her best yet The Guardian A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime Jacqueline Wilson The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldnt resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once - Philip Pullman A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman The Daily Telegraph Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at Kiran Millwood Hargrave Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth Frank Cottrell-Boyce Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come The Independent With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy Aisha Bushby A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon Sam Sedgman A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller Catherine Doyle The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent The Times Surely the next classic The I. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR013362644
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. Michael Morpurgo Theres a place where all the wildest stories began The first novel in the award winning and globally best-selling Impossible Creatures series is the story of two children's epic adventure to transform the world. Read the stunning sequel to Impossible Creatures: book 2, The Poisoned King, is OUT NOW! Christopher is stunned when he discovers a Way-Between from our world to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil before it's too late. * THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023 * BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDRENS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR Full of adventures, wonderful side characters, new lands and so many fantastic creatures. I heartily recommend it to readers of all ages Rick Riordan A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder Cressida Cowell Rundells first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of childrens literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ quite possibly her best yet The Guardian A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime Jacqueline Wilson The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldnt resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once - Philip Pullman A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman The Daily Telegraph Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at Kiran Millwood Hargrave Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth Frank Cottrell-Boyce Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come The Independent With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy Aisha Bushby A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon Sam Sedgman A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller Catherine Doyle The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent The Times Surely the next classic The I. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Artikel-Nr. GOR013844509
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