The Shadow Guests
Will be published approx. on 6. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-241-33736-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this thrilling edition of The Shadow Guests.
Following the double disappearance of his mother and older brother, Cosmo Curtoy is sent to live with his strange cousin in England.
When he arrives, Cosmo decides to explore the ancient Mill House on his cousins' estate - where he meets the Mill's spirited guests. . .
But can he trust them?
Join Cosmo on this supernatural time-travelling adventure and break the Curtoy's curse!
Following the double disappearance of his mother and older brother, Cosmo Curtoy is sent to live with his strange cousin in England.
When he arrives, Cosmo decides to explore the ancient Mill House on his cousins' estate - where he meets the Mill's spirited guests. . .
But can he trust them?
Join Cosmo on this supernatural time-travelling adventure and break the Curtoy's curse!
Reviews / Votes
Stylish writing and vigorous invention * Publishers Weekly * What a marvellous writer Joan Aiken is! * Leon Garfield * Joan Aiken is a marvel -- Philip Pullman * The Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
197 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-33736-3 (9780241337363)
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Person
Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom and the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.