The Last of the High Kings (The New Policeman Trilogy) - Softcover

Thompson, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862303037 ISBN 13: 9781862303034

Verlag: Red Fox, 2008

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Críticas:

"Written in a disarmingly matter-of-fact style, this novel is often weird but sometimes wonderful as well" (Nicholas Tucker Times Educational Supplement)

"An elegant and original novel, which combines imaginative flair with an accessible and rich reading experience" (Patricia Kennon Inis)

"Thompson's brilliantly low key writing embroiders these flights of fancy into the earthy warp and weft of family life and landscape, all beautifully described in a way that relates the fantastical to everyday issues of ecological and social responsibility" (Books for Keeps)

"It's a powerful book that dares to think as big as this one" (Mary Medlicott The School Librarian)

"Imaginary and realistic worlds effortlessly coalesce" (The Irish Times)

Reseña del editor:

JJ Liddy sometimes blames his unreliable temperament on the visit he made to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth, when he was fifteen years old. It's perhaps not surprising that his children have also turned out to be a little eccentric, especially eleven-year-old Jenny. She forgets to go to school, can't bear to wear shoes, and spends entire days roaming the mountainside.

It's up there that she meets the ghost. He is guarding a pile of rocks known as the beacon, and when some archaeologists arrive to excavate it, they run into the strangest kind of obstruction.

But it is not people the ghost fears, and when the real enemy finally reveals itself, the future of the entire human race is threatened. Only Aengus Og and his fairy kin can help now.

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• Verlag: Red Fox
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1862303037
• ISBN 13: 9781862303034
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368