The Whatnot - Couverture souple

Bachmann, Stefan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062286307 ISBN 13 : 9780062286307

Editeur : Greenwillow Books, 2013

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Oh, the Sly King, the Sly King, in his towers of ash and wind.

Pikey Thomas doesn't know how or why he can see the changeling girl. But there she is. Not in the cold, muddy London neighborhood where Pikey lives. Instead, she's walking through the trees and snow of the enchanted Old Country or, later, racing through an opulent hall. She's pale and small, and she has branches growing out of her head. Her name is Henrietta Kettle.

Pikey's vision, it turns out, is worth something. Worth something to Hettie's brother—a brave adventurer named Bartholomew Kettle. Worth something to the nobleman who protects him. And Pikey is not above bartering—Pikey will do almost anything to escape his past; he'll do almost anything for a life worth living.

The faeries—save for a mysterious sylph and a mischievous cobble faery or two— have been chased out of London. They've all gone north. The army is heading north, too. So Pikey and Bartholomew follow, collecting information, piecing together clues, searching for the doorway that will lead them to Hettie.

The Whatnot is the enthralling, surprising, and unforgettable companion to Stefan Bachmann's internationally bestselling debut novel The Peculiar.

Revue de presse :

Bachmann's prose is beautiful, and his story is swift, strong, and entertaining. Highly recommended. I can't wait to see what Bachmann writes next. --Christopher Paolini, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle)

Stefan Bachmann's sparkling debut is sure to get a lot of well-deserved notice. He breathes fresh life into ancient magic. --Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kane Chronicles and Percy Jackson and The Olympians

Polished and fun to read...Bachmann's steampunk fairy tale...recalls Dostoevsky, Dickens, and more recent classics, such as J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events....Bachmann leavens the dark goings-on with whimsy...in spectacular and hilarious fashion....[An] unusually gifted young writer. --Los Angeles Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Greenwillow Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062286307
• ISBN 13: 9780062286307
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432