Spellhorn - Couverture souple

Doherty, Berlie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006735002 ISBN 13 : 9780006735007

Editeur : HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness?

Laura is blind, but though she cannot see, she is an acutely perceptive child. As soon as she climbs onto the unicorn’s back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. Though a contemporary child, living in a contemporary setting, Spellhorn and the Wild Ones see Laura as their leader and they know that only through Laura can they reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But can the unicorns lead Laura back home to her own world?

Powerful and moving and a delicious blend of fantasy and reality aimed at 8-11 year olds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.

Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for ‘Grannie was a Buffer Girl’ in 1987 and for ‘Dear Nobody’ in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

“I trust you to take me through the poison water, Spellhorn,” Laura said. “I’ll come in with you.”

As soon as Laura climbs onto the unicorn’s back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. There she meets the Old Woman and the Wild Ones; Sloe, Fastfoot, Woodfetch, Flight and Sideman. Only with Laura as their leader can Spellhorn and the Wild Ones reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But can Laura forget her friends and family completely, and will she ever return to the world she once knew?

“A lovely, powerful and moving novel. Berlie Doherty has magic in her.”
'Junior Bookshelf'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006735002
• ISBN 13: 9780006735007
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible