Heriot

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Mahy is the author of over 100 children's stories and groundbreaking novels for young adults. She has won numerous awards and prizes for her writing, including the Carnegie Medal for The Changeover and The Haunting, and the Hans Christian Anderson Award. Margaret lives in New Zealand. Klappentext Heriot is forced to serve as the King's magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the 'mad prince' Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush Diamond and its King. Vorwort Margarey Mahy's Heriot is a thrilling and epic masterpiece from one of the giants of children's literature, and a definitive piece of fantasy fiction destined to become a future classic. Zusammenfassung Heriot is forced to serve as the King's magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the 'mad prince' Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush Diamond and its King.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Mahy
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780571232116
• ISBN: 978-0-571-23211-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Interest age: from c 12 years, Reading Age: From C 12 Years, Fantasy; Magic; Monsters; Outsiders; Psychic Powers