The Windvale Sprites
Published on 1. November 2011
208 pages
978-0-571-27614-1 (ISBN)
Description
When a storm sweeps through the country, Asa wakes up the next day to find that his town is almost unrecognisable - trees have fallen down, roofs have collapsed and debris lies everywhere. But amongst the debris in his back garden Asa makes an astounding discovery - the body of a small winged creature. A creature that looks very like a fairy.
Do fairies really exist? Asa embarks on a mission to find out. A mission that leads him to the lost journals of local eccentric Benjamin Tooth who, two hundred years earlier, claimed to have discovered the existence of fairies. What Asa reads in those journals takes him on a secret trip to Windvale Moor, where he discovers much more than he'd hoped to . . .
Charming and utterly unforgettable, The Windvale Sprites is Mackenzie Crook's debut children's novel, containing his own exquisite illustrations.
Do fairies really exist? Asa embarks on a mission to find out. A mission that leads him to the lost journals of local eccentric Benjamin Tooth who, two hundred years earlier, claimed to have discovered the existence of fairies. What Asa reads in those journals takes him on a secret trip to Windvale Moor, where he discovers much more than he'd hoped to . . .
Charming and utterly unforgettable, The Windvale Sprites is Mackenzie Crook's debut children's novel, containing his own exquisite illustrations.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
File size
4,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-27614-1 (9780571276141)
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Mackenzie Crook
The Windvale Sprites
Book
09/2012
Faber & Faber
€28.67
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Person
MacKenzie Crook is a hugely diverse actor who has played a wide variety of roles, from Ragetti in all three of the record-smashing, swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean films, to the wonderful character of Gareth in The Office and the critically acclaimed Konstantin in the Royal Court's version of The Seagull. He has also appeared in a whole host of other works, including films such as Finding Neverland, Brothers Grimm and The Merchant of Venice, as well as in the BBC Radio version of Adrian Mole, and the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in London's West End. His debut children's novel The Windvale Sprites is published by Faber in 2011.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1: The Storm
- 2: Questions
- 3: Some Answers
- 4: The Mereton Warbler
- 5: Windvale Moor
- 6: An Accident
- 7: Search for the Chest
- 8: Discovery
- 9: Tooth's Works
- 10: The Windvale Sprites
- 11: Back to the Moor
- 12: Tooth's House
- 13: Capture
- 14: Tooth's Cruelty
- 15: The Greenhouse
- 16: Destruction
- 17: The Statue
- 18: Home
- 19: An Ancient Find
- 20: A Close Shave
- 21: Redemption
- About the Author
- Copyright
