Impossible Creatures: INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Katherine Rundell Paper

Description: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. – Michael MorpurgoA book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder – Cressida Cowell* BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDRENS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR* THE TIMES CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTheres a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, the British Book Awards Author of the Year, comes the paperback release of the first novel in the critically acclaimed, award winning, best-selling Impossible Creatures series. This edition includes The Centaurs Spectacles bonus short story.Christopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil – before its too late.Rundells first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of childrens literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ – quite possibly her best yet – The GuardianA marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle – a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime – Jacqueline WilsonThe world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldnt resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once - Philip PullmanA masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman – The Daily TelegraphFantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundells best, which is something to be marvelled at – Kiran Millwood HargraveBetween the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth – Frank Cottrell-BoyceRundells book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come – The IndependentWith a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy – Aisha BushbyA fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon – Sam SedgmanA rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller – Catherine DoyleThe action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent – The TimesSurely the next classic – The I Author Biography Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Childrens Book Award, among many others. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherines College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night. Details ISBN 1408897431 ISBN-13 9781408897430 Title Impossible Creatures Author Katherine Rundell Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 384 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:161350818; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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