The Secrets of the Wild Wood - Brossura

Tonke (Author) Dragt

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ISBN 10: 1782690638 ISBN 13: 9781782690634

Casa editrice: Pushkin Press, 2016

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A Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 'Fans of The Letter for the King will be delighted with its sequel' Sunday Times 'Action-packed drama' Daily Mail One of the King's most trusted knights has vanished in the snow, so young Sir Tiuri and his best friend Piak must journey into the shadowy heart of the forest to find him. The Wild Wood is a place of mysteries, rumours and whispered tales. A place of lost cities, ancient curses, robbers, princesses and Men in Green. As the darkness surrounds him and reports grow of secret plots and ruthless enemies, Tiuri finds himself alone and fighting for survival - caught in a world where good and evil wear the same face, and the wrong move could cost him his life... 'Thrilling' Metro 'Deserves readers of all ages' Sunday Express

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'Fans [of The Letter for the King] will be delighted with its sequel, The Secrets of the Wild Wood, which takes Tiuri back into the perilous wood, forefronts some of the female characters and offers intrigue, action and escapism' -- Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times, Children's Books of the Year

'Adventures of the classic kind await in The Secrets of the Wild Wood, the sequel to The Letter for the King, Tonke Dragt's unmissable Arthurian-inflected tale... In this one, Tiuri must venture into the Wild Wood in search of a brother knight, and encounter all kinds of dangers' -- Telegraph, Books of the Year

'Action-packed drama' -- Daily Mail

'Thrilling' -- Metro

'A spellbinding tale that will appeal to the young and old' -- The Lady

'For those stay-in and curl-up days' -- Jewish Chronicle

'Tiuri's adventures take a supernatural turn as he travels through the wild wood on the trail of a missing knight. It is a place of lost cities, robbers, unreliable princesses and mysterious men in green, all posing challenges to the intrepid hero. [This book] deserves readers of all ages' -- Sunday Express

'Not many books are genuinely spellbinding, this one is' -- Lovereading4Kids

'This remarkable fantasy series, rich in colour, action and verbal virtuosity, was first published in 1963 and has been translated seamlessly from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson. Between the pages are all the essential and traditional ingredients of a timeless and heroic tale with its motifs of friendship, love, courage, loyalty, chivalry... and vile villainy' -- Lancashire Evening Post

'A truly unique fantasy classic that I am thrilled will now reach a whole new audience with its excellent English translation' Page to Stage

'[A] gripping, spell-binding sequel' --Gransnet

'Gripping and enthralling' -- Outside in World

'If you are looking for pure adventure [and] exciting writing you won't be disappointed' --South China Morning Post

'Arthurian-inspired tale... classic medieval adventure... Dragt and her translator, Watkinson, evoke the quiet, timeless pleasures of gallant knights on heroic quests in a time of wonder' -- Booklist

'An old-fashioned Arthurian-esque adventure for those who enjoy that genre's satisfying storytelling pleasures' --Kirkus Reviews

L'autore

Tonke Dragt was born in 1930 in Indonesia. When she was twelve, she was imprisoned in a Japanese camp during the war, where she wrote her very first book using begged and borrowed paper. After the war, she and her family moved to the Netherlands, where she became an art teacher. In 1962 she published her most famous story, The Letter for the King, which won the Children's Book of the Year Award and has been translated into sixteen languages. Its sequel, The Secrets of the Wild Wood, followed in 1965, and will be published by Pushkin Children's Books in 2015. Dragt was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001.

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• Editore: Pushkin Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782690638
• ISBN 13: 9781782690634
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 512