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The Forbidden Library
Django Wexler
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Description for The Forbidden Library
Paperback. Late one night Alice Creighton hears her father having an argument with a fairy - a snarling, bald beast with warts and needle-like teeth. The next day her father disappears, never to return. And Alice is sent to live with Master Geryon, an uncle she never even knew existed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Late one night Alice Creighton hears her father having an argument with a fairy – a snarling, bald beast with warts and needle-like teeth.
The next day her father disappears, never to return. And Alice is sent to live with Master Geryon, an uncle she never even knew existed.
Geryon has a dark, mysterious library which is strictly off-limits to Alice. But after meeting a talking cat who is willing to sneak her in, Alice opens a book and suddenly finds herself inside it – and the only way out is by conquering the dangerous creatures within . . .
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Forbidden Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552568678
SKU
V9780552568678
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Django Wexler
Django Wexler is the author of flintlock fantasy series The Shadow Campaigns, middle grade fantasy The Forbidden Library, and YA fantasy The Wells of Sorcery. His latest is the fantasy comedy How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying. In his former life as a software engineer, he worked on AI research and programming languages. He currently lives near Seattle with his wife, daughter, four cats, and a teetering mountain of books. When not writing, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts. www.djangowexler.com @DjangoWexler
Reviews for The Forbidden Library
Compulsive fantasy with a brave, brilliant heroine.
Metro
Reminiscent of Corneila Funke's Inkheart and Neil Gaiman's Coraline . . . Wexler ingeniously creates an inventive world with interesting creatures and frightening situations.
School Library Journal
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler is a dream come true for book lovers, child and adult alike . . . certainly deserving of becoming a classic in the future.
BookZone4Boys
Working in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy, Wexler’s off to a promising start
Kirkus Reviews
A charming, adventuresome fantasy from a promising new author
Booklist
Metro
Reminiscent of Corneila Funke's Inkheart and Neil Gaiman's Coraline . . . Wexler ingeniously creates an inventive world with interesting creatures and frightening situations.
School Library Journal
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler is a dream come true for book lovers, child and adult alike . . . certainly deserving of becoming a classic in the future.
BookZone4Boys
Working in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy, Wexler’s off to a promising start
Kirkus Reviews
A charming, adventuresome fantasy from a promising new author
Booklist