Impossible Creatures: INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Katherine Rundell Paper

Description: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. – Michael Morpurgo A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder – Cressida Cowell * BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDRENS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE TIMES CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023 Theres a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, the British Book Awards Author of the Year, comes the paperback release of the first novel in the critically acclaimed, award winning, best-selling Impossible Creatures series. This edition includes The Centaurs Spectacles bonus short story.Christopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil – before its too late.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 GuardianA marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle – a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime – Jacqueline Wilson 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 PullmanA masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman – The Daily Telegraph Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at – Kiran Millwood Hargrave Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth – Frank Cottrell-Boyce 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 – The Independent 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 fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon – Sam Sedgman A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller – Catherine Doyle 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 Surely the next classic – The I FORMAT Paperback 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 *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 *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 *One of our most talented writers for children * Observer *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 *Flickers with a rare and fierce beauty – unputdownable. * Abi Elphinstone * Promotional Theres a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, the British Book Awards Author of the Year, comes the paperback release of the first novel in the critically acclaimed, award winning, best-selling Impossible Creatures series. Details ISBN1408897431 Author Katherine Rundell Audience Age 9-12 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781408897430 Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens Books Subtitle INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Audience Children / Juvenile Publication Date 2024-08-29 UK Release Date 2024-08-29 ISBN-10 1408897431 Pages 384 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! TheNile_Item_ID:161350818;

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