100 Cupboards. Book 1

Zusatztext "Well crafted and gratifying." —School Library Journal "A highly imaginative tale." —Kirkus Reviews "This is my favorite kind of fantasy! combining the secret and the ordinary." —Tamora Pierce! New York Times bestselling author   "One of the most fascinating new fantasy worlds grown on American soil since Oz." —MuggleNet.com   "Highly appealing characters whom readers will want to encounter again." — The Horn Book Magazine   "Henry becomes a stronger and more resourceful kid as he tests his mettle against the creatures in the cupboards." — The Bulletin "The story is chilling! but the creepy quotient never exceeds the book’s target audience." — Booklist Informationen zum Autor N. D. WILSON lives and writes in the top of a tall, skinny house only one block from where he was born. But his bestselling novels, including the highly acclaimed 100 Cupboards series, have traveled far and wide and have been translated into dozens of languages. He and his wife have five young storytellers of their own, along with an unreasonable number of pets. You can visit him online at ndwilson.com. Klappentext Readers who love Percy Jackson, the Unwanteds, and Beyonders will discover that 100 cupboards mean 100 opportunities for adventure! The bestselling and highly acclaimed 100 Cupboards series starts here. What dangers are locked behind the cupboard doors? Henry isn't brave, but when he hears a thumping and scratching on the other side of his bedroom wall, he can't ignore it. He scrapes off the plaster and discovers mysterious doors-cupboards of all different shapes and sizes. Through one he sees a glowing room and a man strolling back and forth. Through another he sees only darkness and feels the cold sense that something isn't right. When his cousin Henrietta boldly travels into the worlds beyond the cupboards, it's up to Henry to follow her. Now that he's opened the doors, can he keep the evil inside from coming through? "A must-read series." -The Washington PostHenry, Kansas, is a hot town. And a cold town. It is a town so still there are times when you can hear a fly trying to get through the window of the locked-up antique store on Main Street. Nobody remembers who owns the antique store, but if you press your face against the glass, like the fly, you'll see that whoever they are, they don't have much beyond a wide variety of wagon wheels. Yes, Henry is a still town. But there have been tornadoes on Main Street. If the wind blows, it's like it won't ever stop. Once it's stopped, there seems to be no hope of getting it started again. There is a bus station in Henry, but it isn't on Main Street. It's one block north--the town fathers hadn't wanted all the additional traffic. The station lost one- third of its roof to a tornado fifteen years ago. In the same summer, a bottle rocket brought the gift of fire to its restrooms. The damage has never been repaired, but the town council makes sure that the building is painted fresh every other year, and always the color of a swimming pool. There is never graffiti. Vandals would have to drive more than twenty miles to buy the spray paint. Every once in a long while, a bus creeps into town and eases to a stop beside the mostly roofed, bright aqua station with the charred bathrooms. Henry is always glad to see a bus. Such treats are rare. On this day, the day our story begins, bus hopes were high. The Willis family was expecting their nephew, and the mister and missus stood on the curb waiting for his arrival. Mrs. Willis couldn't hold nearly as still as the town. She was brimful of nervous energy and busily stepped on and off the curb as if she were waiting for the bus to take her off to another lifetime of grammar school and jump rope. She had planned to wear her best dress on principle--it was the sort of thing her mother wo...

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"Well crafted and gratifying." School Library Journal

"A highly imaginative tale." Kirkus Reviews

"This is my favorite kind of fantasy, combining the secret and the ordinary." Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author
 
"One of the most fascinating new fantasy worlds grown on American soil since Oz." MuggleNet.com
 
"Highly appealing characters whom readers will want to encounter again." The Horn Book Magazine
 
"Henry becomes a stronger and more resourceful kid as he tests his mettle against the creatures in the cupboards." The Bulletin

"The story is chilling, but the creepy quotient never exceeds the book s target audience." Booklist

Product details

• Authors: N D Wilson, N. D. Wilson, N.D. Wilson
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.12.2008
• EAN: 9780375838828
• ISBN: 978-0-375-83882-8
• No. of pages: 289
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 192 mm x 16 mm
• Series: The 100 Cupboards; The 100 Cupboards
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age