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Item Details
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GULLSTRUCK ISLAND
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| By: |
Frances Hardinge |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£10.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405055383 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405055383 |
| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2009 |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
From the award-winning author of FLY BY NIGHT comes another triumph of imagination and wordplay. An adventure as fierce and fiery as the volcanoes that rule it ... and the girl that rules them! |
| Synopsis: |
On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is born ...In the village of the Hollow Beasts live two sisters. Arilou is a Lost a child with the power to depart her body and mind-fly with the winds and Hathin is her helper. Together they hide a dangerous secret. Until sinister events threaten to uncover it. With a blue-skinned hunter on their trail and a dreadlocked warrior beside them, they must escape. Can the fate of two children decide the future of Gullstruck Island? Discover a dazzling world, a breathtaking heroine ...and an incredible adventure. For on the island of Gullstruck nothing is exactly as it seems! With a cast of larger-than-life characters, this is a richly imagined adventure no child will be able to put down or ever forget! |
| Illustrations: |
map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Macmillan Children's Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 7
Interest Level : Middle Yrs
Points : 22
Quiz number : 219412
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