The Rook Trilogy - Hardcover

Riddell, Chris; Stewart, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385615698 ISBN 13: 9780385615693

Verlag: Doubleday Childrens, 2008

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A stunning and great value hardback collection of the three acclaimed books in the Rook trilogy of the bestselling Edge Chronicles

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Chris Riddell (Author)
Chris Riddell is an acclaimed artist of children’s books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates the Ottoline young fiction series and the Goth Girl series, as well as working closely with Paul Stewart on the Edge Chronicles and Wyrmeweald. He has won many awards for his work, including the Nestlé Gold Award, the UNESCO Award for Something Else and the rare honour of two Kate Greenaway Medals.

Paul Stewart (Author)
Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the Far-Flung Adventure series, which includes Fergus Crane, Gold Smarties Prize Winner, Corby Flood and Hugo Pepper, Silver Nestle Prize Winners, and the Barnaby Grimes Series.

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The Edge Chronicles

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THE LAST OF THE SKY PIRATES
Rook Barkwawter lives in the sewer-chambers beneath bustling Undertown. He dreams of becoming a librarian knight and sets out on a perilous journey. In the heart of the Deepwoods, Rook encounters a mysterious character - the last sky pirate . . .

VOX
High in the crumbling Palace of Statues, a prisoner of the all-powerful Guardians of Night, Vox Verlix plots his revenge. When Rook Barkwater finds himself embroiled in Vox's evil scheming he knows he must stop him. If he should fail, the Edge could fall into total chaos . . .

FREEGLADER
Undertown is destroyed! Gnokgoblins, waifs and cloddertrogs huddle by the ruins, preparing for a mass exodus to the Free Glades. Rook Barkwater knows the journey will be full of peril. Dangers are everywhere, while in the Goblin Nations, the tribes are massing for war. Can Rook and the Freeglade Lancers withstand the onslaught and preserve freedom in the Edge?

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Doubleday Childrens
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0385615698
• ISBN 13: 9780385615693
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1184
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italien