Author: Piers Torday Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1784294527 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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'If you can imagine it, it exists ... somewhere.' The new spellbinding fantasy adventure from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Last Wild trilogy. 1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry step through a mysterious library door, it is the beginning of their most dangerous adventure yet. They discover the magical world of Folio, where an enchanted kingdom of fairy knights, bears and tree gods is under threat from a sinister robot army. The many stories of the Library are locked in eternal war, and the children's only hope is to find their creator - a magician who has been lost for centuries. What they find will change not just their own lives, but the fate of the world, for ever ... An ode to the world of Narnia, The Lost Magician is a classic in the making from one of the UK's most talented children's authors. Praise for Piers Torday: 'the new master of books for children who like magic and modernity with their lust for adventure' - The Times
Author: Laura Miller Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316040266 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 217
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Enchanted by Narnia's fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power by looking at their creator, Clive Staples Lewis. What she discovers is not the familiar, idealized image of the author, but a more interesting and ambiguous truth: Lewis's tragic and troubled childhood, his unconventional love life, and his intense but ultimately doomed friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien. Finally reclaiming Narnia "for the rest of us," Miller casts the Chronicles as a profoundly literary creation, and the portal to a lifelong adventure in books, art, and the imagination.
Author: Alan Levine Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1662438540 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 75
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Can Roofus and Goofus, who work for the Roo Goo Chipmunks Detective Agency, find Ralph the rabbit’s lost magician? In their search, they encounter many friends who claim not to know the magician’s whereabouts. Why aren’t they cooperating? Experience the fun-filled journey to locate the lost magician.
Author: Lisa Maxwell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1481432095 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 528
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An instant New York Times bestseller! “Will keep you guessing until the last page.” —Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author A girl travels back in time to find a mysterious book that could save her future in Lisa Maxwell’s “splendid series opener” (Kirkus Reviews). Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future. In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives. Esta is a talented thief, and she's been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future. But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past.
Author: Piers Torday Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1784294535 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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'If you can imagine it, it exists ... somewhere.' The second incredible instalment of a spellbinding fantasy adventure from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Last Wild trilogy. It is 1984 and forty years since Simon, Patricia and Evelyn and Larry first stepped through a magical library door into the enchanted world of Folio. When Patricia's daughter, Jewel, makes a mysterious discovery in an old bookshop, she begins a quest that will make her question everything she thought she knew. Summoned to Folio, she must rescue a missing prince, helped only by her pet hamster and a malfunctioning robot. Their mission to the Frozen Sea will bring them face-to-face with a danger both more deadly and more magnificent than they ever imagined. What Jewel discovers will change not just who she thinks she is, but who we all think we are...
Author: Piers Torday Publisher: ISBN: 9781784294502 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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'If you can imagine it, it exists ... somewhere.' The new spellbinding fantasy adventure from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Last Wild trilogy. 1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry step through a mysterious library door, it is the beginning of their most dangerous adventure yet. They discover the magical world of Folio, where an enchanted kingdom of fairy knights, bears and tree gods is under threat from a sinister robot army. The many stories of the Library are locked in eternal war, and the children's only hope is to find their creator - a magician who has been lost for centuries. What they find will change not just their own lives, but the fate of the world, for ever ... An ode to the world of Narnia, The Lost Magician is a classic in the making from one of the UK's most talented children's authors. Praise for Piers Torday: 'the new master of books for children who like magic and modernity with their lust for adventure' - The Times
Author: Lisa Maxwell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1481432079 Category : JUVENILE FICTION Languages : en Pages : 512
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In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying. To save her future, a magical thief must travel back in time to 1902 New York City to steal a mysterious book before it disappears into history.
Author: Andrew Jennings Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472991249 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 128
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An exciting reading comprehension resource from Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), the creator of the hugely popular Write Like a Ninja, Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja: Non-Fiction series. This resource contains 24 immersive and imaginative fiction and poetry texts from acclaimed writers including Michael Morpurgo, Edward Lear, Piers Torday, Grace Nichols and Onjali Q Raúf. Each text is accompanied by photocopiable activities to boost reading retrieval skills and ensure every pupil has what it takes to become a comprehension ninja! Ideal for KS2 SATs practice, the reading texts are high-quality, rich in vocabulary and perfectly matched to the National Curriculum. They cover a wide variety of genres including myths and legends, fantasy, contemporary stories, traditional tales and poetry. If you're searching for engaging resources to help pupils practise comprehension strategies and question types such as true or false, labelling, matching, highlighting, filling in the gap, sequencing and multiple choice, Comprehension Ninja for Ages 9-10: Fiction & Poetry is the book for you.
Author: John Cheong Seong Lee Publisher: ISBN: 9780646308203 Category : Languages : en Pages : 126
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This fantasy story, part fable, part allegory, tells of a 14-year-old girl who befriends a young magician who is lost in her world. The girl is torn between the magician's philosophy and the philosophy of her world.
Author: Rucker Moses Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0525516883 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
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Magic has all but disappeared in Brooklyn, but one tenacious young magician is determined to bring it back in this exciting middle grade mystery. Twelve-year-old Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn—the last place his father was seen alive. Kingston's father was King Preston, one of the world's greatest magicians. Until one trick went wrong and he disappeared. Now that Kingston is back in Echo City, he's determined to find his father. Somehow, though, when his father disappeared, he took all of Echo City's magic with him. Now Echo City—a ghost of its past—is living up to its name. With no magic left, the magicians have packed up and left town and those who've stayed behind don't look too kindly on any who reminds them of what they once had. When Kingston finds a magic box his father left behind as a clue, Kingston knows there's more to his father's disappearance than meets the eye. He'll have to keep it a secret—that is, until he can restore magic to Echo City. With his cousin Veronica and childhood friend Too Tall Eddie, Kingston works to solve the clues, but one wrong move and his father might not be the only one who goes missing.
Author: Piers Torday
Author: Laura Miller
Author: Alan Levine
Author: Lisa Maxwell
Author: Piers Torday
Author: Piers Torday
Author: Lisa Maxwell
Author: Andrew Jennings
Author: John Cheong Seong Lee
Author: Rucker Moses