The Land of Roar

ISBN-13: 9781405293679 / Angielski

McLachlan

Opis

The first in a new children's fantasy adventure series, full of imagination, humour and heart, and with echoes of Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Neverending Story and Jumanji.

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of roar, an imaginary world that the found by climbing through the folding bed n the attic. Now the twins are eleven. Roar is just am memory. But when they help Granddad to clean out th attic, Granddad is pulled into the folding bed and vanished. Is Roar real?

Recenzje

'A vividly imagined adventure, [...] full of heart, humour and a terrifying villain' Fiona Noble, The Bookseller', Fiona Noble, Bookseller

''This is proof, not that it's needed, that Jenny McLachlan is a writer of enormous heart and versatility. I'm a really big fan' ', Phil Earle

''Roar is an exhilarating, hilarious, vividly drawn tribute to the power of the childhood imagination, the love of family and the magic we risk losing as we grow up. If you plan to visit one new place in 2019, make it Roar' ', Sarah Driver, author of the Huntress trilogy

''This funny, captivating story is filled with the painful pangs of growing up and the transporting qualities of imagination'', Imogen Russell-Williams, Guardian

O autorze

Jenny McLachlan is the author of the Dead Good Detective duology and the bestselling Land of Roar series and is author-illustrator of Stink. Before Jenny became a writer, she was Head of English in a secondary school; she now loves visiting schools as an author and delivering funny and inspiring talks and workshops.

When Jenny isn't thinking about stories or writing stories, she enjoys living by the seaside, cycling and running over the South Downs.