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The Kingdom and the Cave (VMC)
Joan Aiken
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Description for The Kingdom and the Cave (VMC)
Paperback. Joan Aiken is the author of many favourite children's books, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. When she was just seventeen she wrote her first novel, The Kingdom and the Cave, a thrilling adventure about a cat and his boy. Illustrator(s): Bailey, Peter. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
'The Under People. They live in a huge Cave. They are thought to be boring upwards. Giant worms and flying ants. Underground magic.' Mickle, the palace cat, knows the kingdom is in danger. He can feel it in his whiskers and he has found a mysterious note in the royal library... (Yes, of course he can read, and speak - if he chooses to!) Mickle can't trust the King and Queen with his mission, so he and Prince Michael, with the help of their animal friends (and quite a bit of magic!), set out on a perilous ... Read more
'The Under People. They live in a huge Cave. They are thought to be boring upwards. Giant worms and flying ants. Underground magic.' Mickle, the palace cat, knows the kingdom is in danger. He can feel it in his whiskers and he has found a mysterious note in the royal library... (Yes, of course he can read, and speak - if he chooses to!) Mickle can't trust the King and Queen with his mission, so he and Prince Michael, with the help of their animal friends (and quite a bit of magic!), set out on a perilous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Weight
259g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349005874
SKU
V9780349005874
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About Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was born in Rye, Sussex. She was the daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and her step-father was English writer Martin Armstrong. Joan Aiken wrote over 100 books for young readers and adults and is recognised as one of the classic children's authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are The Wolves ... Read more
Reviews for The Kingdom and the Cave (VMC)
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew
Amanda Craig
The Times
It is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children's authors...impossible to calculate the number of people ... Read more
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew
Amanda Craig
The Times
It is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children's authors...impossible to calculate the number of people ... Read more