Jinx - Couverture rigide

Blackwood, Sage

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0062129902 ISBN 13 : 9780062129901

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Blackwood Sage

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

In the Urwald, you don't step off the path. Trolls, werewolves, and butter churn–riding witches lurk amid the clawing branches, eager to swoop up the unwary. Jinx has always feared leaving the path—then he meets the wizard Simon Magus.

Jinx knows that wizards are evil. But Simon's kitchen is cozy, and he seems cranky rather than wicked. Staying with him appears to be Jinx's safest, and perhaps only, option. As Jinx's curiosity about magic grows, he learns to listen to the trees as closely as he does to Simon's unusual visitors. The more Jinx discovers, the more determined he becomes to explore beyond the security of well-trodden paths.

But in the Urwald, a little healthy fear is never out of place, for magic—and magicians—can be as dangerous as the forest. And soon Jinx must decide which is the greater threat.

Sage Blackwood introduces a daring new hero for an innovative new world as Jinx is joined by friends, battles enemies, and discovers that life beyond—and even within—the forest is more complex than he can imagine, and that the Urwald itself needs him more than he could ever guess.

Revue de presse :

In this expertly paced, beautifully written fantasy, Blackwood elevates familiar fantasy elements with exquisitely credible characters who inhabit a world filled with well-drawn magic and whimsy. (Booklist (starred review))

Blackwood fills her tale with drama and delightfully funny dialogue. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx. (School Library Journal (starred review))

[Blackwood] puts her central three [characters] through a string of suspenseful, scary situations before delivering a properly balanced closing set of resolutions, revelations and road signs to future episodes. (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

Flowing dialogue, easy interactions between the characters, a mixed Diana Wynne Jones/Lloyd Alexander vibe, and a setting both familiar and original make the novel immediately inviting and compelling. (The Horn Book)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062129902
• ISBN 13: 9780062129901
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368