Taker's Key
Published on 10. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-88995-184-6 (ISBN)
Description
An evil sorcery prowls the land. The Oldwives are losing their magic, and an ill wind weakens the hiding spell that protects them. Worse still, Marwen is powerless to stop any of it. She must find the Key, the powerful talisman woven into her tapestry. In the deathlands Marwen and the Oldwives must travel to solve its mystery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Target group
US School Grade: From Preschool to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88995-184-6 (9780889951846)
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Martine Leavitt is an award-winning writer of critically acclaimed young adult fiction. Besides winning the prestigious MR. CHRISTIE AWARD and Benjamin Franklin Award. Martine's six previous titles have received numerous award nominations. Find out more about Martine at her web site www.martineleavitt.com.
Ron Lightburn is an internationally renowned illustrator of books for children. He has currently completed a picture book, Wild Girl and Gran by Nan Gregory. He has collaborated with Nan Gregory once before, on the award-winning How Smudge Came. His illustrations in the picture book Waiting for the Whales earned him the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration and the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Picture Book Award.
Ron Lightburn is an internationally renowned illustrator of books for children. He has currently completed a picture book, Wild Girl and Gran by Nan Gregory. He has collaborated with Nan Gregory once before, on the award-winning How Smudge Came. His illustrations in the picture book Waiting for the Whales earned him the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration and the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Picture Book Award.