A Tangle of Knots

Zusatztext Praise for A TANGLE OF KNOTS: "[A] blithe magical puzzle." --Meghan Cox Gurdon! The Wall Street Journal "Lisa Graff has created a beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories that draw you in." --Abby West! Entertainment Weekly [ A-] * "Subtle and intricate! rich with humor and insight! this quietly magical adventure delights." -- Kirkus Reviews * STARRED* * "Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar! Graff has written a tangle that should satisfy readers for years to come." -- Booklist *STARRED* "Graff’s story has a warmth and gentle humor that! along with the premise! calls to mind Ingrid Law’s Savvy." -- Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Lisa Graff  (lisagraff.com) is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of  Far Away ,  The Great Treehouse War , A Clatter of Jars,  Lost in the Sun ,  Absolutely Almost ,  A Tangle of Knots ,  Double Dog Dare ,  Sophie Simon Solves Them All ,  Umbrella Summer ,  The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower ,   and  The Thing About Georgie.  Lisa Graff’s books have been named to more than seventy state award lists and have been touted as best books of the year by booksellers, teachers, and librarians.  A Tangle of Knots  was long-listed for the National Book Award in 2013. Lisa Graff lives with her family just outside of Philadelphia. Follow her on Twitter @LisaGraff. Klappentext National Book Award nominee! The magic of Savvy meets the complexity of When You Reach Me in this "blithe magical puzzle." -- The Wall Street Journal Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. However, these encounters hold the key to Cady's past and how she became an orphan. If she's lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost parent. Lisa Graff adds a pinch of magic to a sharply crafted plot to create a novel that will have readers wondering about fate and the way we're all connected. Praise for A TANGLE OF KNOTS "Lisa Graff has created a beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories that draw you in." --Abby West, Entertainment Weekly [ A-] * "Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review * "Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar, Graff has written a tangle that should satisfy readers for years to come." -- Booklist , starred review "Graff's story has a warmth and gentle humor that, along with the premise, calls to mind Ingrid Law's Savvy." -- Publishers Weekly Chapter 1: Cady Miss Mallory’s Home for Lost Girls in Poughkeepsie, New York, was technically an orphanage, but there were hardly ever any orphans there. In fact, most days, if you peeked inside the window, you would see only one orphan, all by herself but hardly lonely, standing on her tiptoes at the kitchen counter, baking a cake. Cadence, that was her name. She was standing there now, Cady, deciding what to add to her bowl of batter. If you squinted through the window, you could just make her out from the chin up (Cady was barely a wisp of a thing). You’d see the shiny, crow-black hair that hung smooth as paper from the top of her head to the bottoms of her earlobes. And you’d...

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Praise for A TANGLE OF KNOTS:

"[A] blithe magical puzzle." --Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

"Lisa Graff has created a beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories that draw you in." --Abby West, Entertainment Weekly [A-]

* "Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights." --Kirkus Reviews *STARRED*

* "Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar, Graff has written a tangle that should satisfy readers for years to come." --Booklist *STARRED*

"Graff s story has a warmth and gentle humor that, along with the premise, calls to mind Ingrid Law s Savvy." --Publishers Weekly

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lisa Graff
• Editore: Philomel Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 8 a 12 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9780399255175
• ISBN: 978-0-399-25517-5
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Philomel Books
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni