Glass of Lead and Gold

Informationen zum Autor Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider , The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages. Klappentext This standalone novel set in the world of Funke's "Reckless" series conjures a fairy-tale-reminiscent story of magic and discovery as experienced by a young orphan over Christmas. Funke has been described in the "Daily Telegraph" as 'Germany's answer to J.K. Rowling'. Zusammenfassung In a land of elves! mermaids and trolls! true magic is where you least expect it... In the snow-covered city of Londra! young Tabetha survives by finding treasures in the mudbanks of the river Themse. On Christmas Eve! a sinister stranger asks her to keep her eyes open for a priceless! long-lost magical object: the Glass of Lead and Gold. As word of the Glass spreads across the city! Tabetha finds hersef with some unlikely companions! not least a one-armed girl with a rather impressive soup chef. But will Tabetha discover that there are even greater fortunes to be found than the magical Glass?

Product details

• Authors: Cornelia Funke, Funke Cornelia
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2019
• EAN: 9781782692096
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-209-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, London, Greater London, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 10 years, Interest age: from c 12 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Europe, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Europe