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The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series): A Puffin Book

Autor Joan Aiken
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iul 2016 – vârsta până la 12 ani
Prize winning WOLVES CHRONICLESPREQUELreissued in A Puffin Book - All 12 Wolves books now in print for the first time ever.

In THE WHISPERING MOUNTAIN by Joan Aiken, the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the start of a hair-raising race to save the harp from sinister Lord Malyn. As they struggle to keep it out of his hands, they are plunged into a wild adventure involving murder, kidnapping, underground worlds, savage beasts, floods, avalanche, the mysterious children of the Pit - and above all, a man who will stop at nothing to get the harp back again.
Winner of the 1969 Guardian Fiction Award.
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ISBN-13: 9780141368757
ISBN-10: 0141368756
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Colecția Puffin
Seriile A Puffin Book, Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. 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 first children's novel,The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of whichThe Wolves of Willoughby Chasewas the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that andBlack Hearts in Batterseahave been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as theGuardianAward for Fiction in this country forThe Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.