Impossible Creatures: INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Katherine Rundell (Engl

Description: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him.A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the non-magical world and a place called the Archipelago, a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures we tell of in myth live and breed and thrive alongside humans. They have been protected from being discovered for thousands of years; now, terrifyingly, the protection has worn thin, and creatures are breaking through.Then a girl, Mal, appears in Christophers world. She is in possession of a flying coat, is being pursued by a killer and is herself in pursuit of a baby griffin. Mal, Christopher and the griffin embark on an urgent quest across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, to find the truth with unimaginable consequences for both their worlds. Together the two must face the problem of power, and of knowledge, and of what love demands of us. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Childrens Book Award, among many others. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherines College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night. Review There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. This book is her best yet, and thats saying something. Just riveting, quite extraordinary. * Michael Morpurgo *A marvellous imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle - a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime. * Jacqueline Wilson *I love Katherine Rundells writing because its so fresh and vigorous, and always so unexpected. The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldnt resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once. * Philip Pullman *A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder * Cressida Cowell *Rundells book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come. * Independent *Katherine Rundell is a prodigiously gifted storyteller and IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES is wildly good. Spectacularly inventive, it is both a thrilling and page-turning epic and a clarion call to young readers to use the special gifts of childhood- love, courage, imagination and open-heartedness - to fight to save precious creatures of all kinds before they vanish before our eyes. My Book of the Year. * Lauren St. John *Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at. It made me want to yell, or laugh, or bite something. * Kiran Millwood Hargrave *The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent. * The Times *Rundells first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of childrens literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ – quite possibly her best yet * The Guardian *Rundell is an extraordinary writer and this first in a fantasy trilogy grips, thrills and moves – sometimes to tears. This richly-imagined story is packed with memorable characters – and an unforgettable griffin. * Daily Mail *A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller. * Catherine Doyle *A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon * Sam Sedgman *With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy * Aisha Bushby *A menagerie of delights. So packed with magic youll want to take notes. Impossible Creatures is a world youll want to move into. * Patrick Ness *Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth. * Frank Cottrell-Boyce *A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman * The Daily Telegraph *Flickers with a rare and fierce beauty – unputdownable. * Abi Elphinstone *One of our most talented writers for children * Observer *It is surely the next classic. * The I *A captivating story * Sainsburys Magazine * Promotional Theres a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Childrens Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials Review Quote Read everything she writes Promotional "Headline" Theres a place where all the wildest stories began ... Katherine Rundells highly anticipated and spellbinding new novel is the first in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials. Feature Katherine Rundells books have sold over 750,000 print copies through UK TCM alone and have firmly established her name as the gold standard in childrens fiction. She is published in over 30 countries worldwide and has sold more than 2.5 million copies of her books internationally Details ISBN1408897407 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1408897407 ISBN-13 9781408897409 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-09-14 UK Release Date 2023-09-14 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Kdp Amazon NZ Release Date 2023-09-14 Birth 1799 Death 1850 Affiliation University of Toronto Position Senior Lecturer of Archaeology Qualifications Sir Author Katherine Rundell Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens Books Audience Children / Juvenile Pages 368 AU Release Date 2023-09-13 DEWEY 823.92 Audience Age 9-12 Subtitle INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Series Impossible Creatures We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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