The Grave Robber's Apprentice
Published on 31. July 2012
304 pages
978-0-571-28408-5 (ISBN)
Description
A classic swashbuckling adventure for children aged 8+
All is not well in the kingdom of Waldberg...
The orphan Hans is desperate to escape his master, the grave robber Knobbe the Bent. The young countess Angela von Schwanenberg must rescue her parents from the mad archduke.
But when fate flings them together, they find themselves on a daring quest, hurtling through haunted forests, racing down mountains in a coffin and sneaking along underground passageways with a travelling circus. And at every turn, the archduke's Necromancer is there to thwart their progress.
Will Angela save her parents? Will Hans escape his past and find out who he truly is? Or will the evil Necromancer capture them first?
All is not well in the kingdom of Waldberg...
The orphan Hans is desperate to escape his master, the grave robber Knobbe the Bent. The young countess Angela von Schwanenberg must rescue her parents from the mad archduke.
But when fate flings them together, they find themselves on a daring quest, hurtling through haunted forests, racing down mountains in a coffin and sneaking along underground passageways with a travelling circus. And at every turn, the archduke's Necromancer is there to thwart their progress.
Will Angela save her parents? Will Hans escape his past and find out who he truly is? Or will the evil Necromancer capture them first?
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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
2,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-28408-5 (9780571284085)
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Allan Stratton
The Grave Robber's Apprentice
Book
08/2012
Faber & Faber
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Person
Allan Stratton is the internationally acclaimed author of Chanda's Secrets (winner of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book). Other titles for young adults include Chanda's Wars, Borderline and Leslie's Journal. Allan has safaried in Africa, hiked the Great Wall of China, explored pyramids in Egypt and flown over Cappadocia in a balloon. He lives with his partner in Toronto with four cats and lots of fish.
Content
- Intro
- The Grave Robber's Apprentice
- Book Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Inhalt
- Act I
- 1: The Boy in the Wooden Chest
- 2: Growing Up Grave Robbing
- 3: The 'Little' Countess
- 4: Prisoners
- 5: The Palace
- 6: Digging Up Yorick
- 7: The Midnight Visitor
- 8: A Deadly Proposal
- 9: A Glimmer of Hope
- 10: The Dangerous Mission
- 11: In the Necromancer's Lair
- 12: Buried Alive
- 13: The Dead Awaken
- 14: The Initiation
- 15: The Haunted Castle
- 16: The Road to Adventure
- Act II
- 17: Unpleasant News
- 18: The Road North
- 19: The Bounty Box
- 20: The Hunt
- 21: The Great Forest
- 22: Things that Go Bump in the Night
- 23: The Wolf King
- 24: Warriors of the Imagination
- Act III
- 25: The Frozen Tomb
- 26: Resting with the Dead
- 27: Peter the Hermit
- 28: Tall Tales
- 29: The Forbidden Chapel
- 30: An Astonishing Discovery
- 31: Attack
- Act IV
- 32: The Pandolinis
- 33: To the Palace
- 34: The Secret Passageway
- 35: The Three Prophecies
- 36: The Pandolini Transformatorium
- 37: A Night at the Circus
- 38: Escape of the Bambini
- 39: Into the Dungeon
- 40: The Great Escape
- Act V
- 41: The Lunatic Asylum
- 42: At the Clearing
- 43: High Stakes
- 44: Two Prophecies Fulfilled
- 45: A Fight to the Death
- 46: Just Desserts
- 47: All's Well That Ends Well
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- By the same author
- Copyright
