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Limbo Lodge
Joan Aiken
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Description for Limbo Lodge
paperback. Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. On Aratu, she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Series: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. Snakes are the least of Dido's worries as she and her companions struggle through the jungle. On Aratu she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. And what is this strange royal residence called Limbo Lodge?
Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. Snakes are the least of Dido's worries as she and her companions struggle through the jungle. On Aratu she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. And what is this strange royal residence called Limbo Lodge?
Product Details
Publisher
Red Fox
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099456674
SKU
V9780099456674
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-42
About Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her ... Read more
Reviews for Limbo Lodge
What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be improvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story
Philip Pullman
Guardian
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
A consummate story teller
... Read more
Philip Pullman
Guardian
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
A consummate story teller
... Read more