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The Stolen Lake
Joan Aiken
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Description for The Stolen Lake
Paperback. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido Twite and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Series: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. Is she equal to the challenge?
A rich mixture ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099477396
SKU
V9780099477396
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99-99
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 The Stolen Lake
The Stolen Lake is zanier and more devilishly fiendish than ever
The New York Times
A natural storyteller with the gift of endless and usually comic invention
Guardian
Joan Aiken's imagination is inexhaustible
Daily Telegraph
Joan Aiken is the best contemporary writer of historical fantasy we have
Susan Hill
The New York Times
A natural storyteller with the gift of endless and usually comic invention
Guardian
Joan Aiken's imagination is inexhaustible
Daily Telegraph
Joan Aiken is the best contemporary writer of historical fantasy we have
Susan Hill