Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits - Hardcover

McKinley, Robin; Dickinson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399252894 ISBN 13: 9780399252891

Verlag: Putnam Pub Group, 2009

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Book by McKinley Robin Dickinson Peter

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Spanning a time period of thousands of years, this collection for young adults offers five suspenseful stories, including "Hellhound" and "Fireworm," incorporating the powerful and enchanting element of fire.

Biografía del autor:

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal forThe Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. Her other books includeSunshine; the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy taleBeauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; and a retelling of theRobin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.

In 1927, Peter Dickinson was born in Africa, within earshot of Victoria Falls. When he was seven, his family moved to England, where he graduated from Eton and later Cambridge. After working on the editorial staff of the humor magazinePunch for seventeen years, Peter finally started on his career as a writer, which he knew he was meant for since he was five years old.

His first book was published in 1968, and since then he has written almost fifty novels, for adults and young readers. His children's books have won great acclaim here as well as in Great Britain, where he has received both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.

Peter lives in Hampshire, England, with his wife, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley.

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• Verlag: Putnam Pub Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0399252894
• ISBN 13: 9780399252891
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 297