The Kitchen Warriors
Published on 1. December 2015
96 pages
978-1-5040-2094-7 (ISBN)
Description
A secret village of elves living in the cupboard must fend off vacuum witches and deep-freeze trolls in the battles of the kitchen wars
The people who live in the house have no idea that an entire village of elves resides in their china cupboard, behind the soup bowls and bread-and-butter plates. And when the humans start their spring-cleaning by taking everything out of the cabinets, the king elf's crown disappears. Now the elven community is in a terrible state, and the only way to save the realm is to find what their ruler has lost.
Luckily Prince Coriander has returned, after years of training at the elf school, to hunt down the crown. But the kitchen holds hidden dangers-Fendire, the infrared dragon who lurks behind the gas burners; deep-freeze trolls who can swallow an elf in a single mouthful; very scary kelpies in the dishwasher; and the great cat Mistigris. The prince soon finds himself battling a furnace dragon, retrieving his mother's ring from the bottom of the dishwasher, and rescuing a nixie girl who lives in the kitchen sink-all while racing to discover who will become the new king of the elves!
This ebook features illustrations by Jo Worth and a personal history of Joan Aiken including rare images from the author's estate.
The people who live in the house have no idea that an entire village of elves resides in their china cupboard, behind the soup bowls and bread-and-butter plates. And when the humans start their spring-cleaning by taking everything out of the cabinets, the king elf's crown disappears. Now the elven community is in a terrible state, and the only way to save the realm is to find what their ruler has lost.
Luckily Prince Coriander has returned, after years of training at the elf school, to hunt down the crown. But the kitchen holds hidden dangers-Fendire, the infrared dragon who lurks behind the gas burners; deep-freeze trolls who can swallow an elf in a single mouthful; very scary kelpies in the dishwasher; and the great cat Mistigris. The prince soon finds himself battling a furnace dragon, retrieving his mother's ring from the bottom of the dishwasher, and rescuing a nixie girl who lives in the kitchen sink-all while racing to discover who will become the new king of the elves!
This ebook features illustrations by Jo Worth and a personal history of Joan Aiken including rare images from the author's estate.
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Joan Aiken
Kitchen Warriors
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03/1984
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was an English writer best known for her children's literature. She wrote 92 novels, including 27 for adults, as well as plays, poems, and short stories. Aiken was born in East Sussex, England. Her father, Conrad Aiken, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. She began writing at a young age, publishing her first short story when she was 17 years old. Before writing full-time, Aiken worked at the United Nations Information Centre as well as the magazine
Argosy. It was during this time that she wrote her classic children's novel
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962), which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was the first in a 12-book series. Her other titles for younger readers include
The Last Slice of Rainbow,
The Kitchen Warriors, and
Mice and Mendelson. For older readers, her books include the Edgar Award-winning
Night Fall, and
The Scream. In 1999, Aiken was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to children's literature. She is survived by her daughter.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1. Prince Coriander's Return
- 2. The Cat Mistigris
- 3. The Nixie's Rescue
- 4. The Furnace Dragon
- 5. The Kelpies' Bowl
- A Biography of Joan Aiken
- Copyright
