Beginning Woods - Brossura

McNeill, Malcolm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782690905 ISBN 13: 9781782690900

Casa editrice: Pushkin, 2016

Riassunto

A MYSTERY NO ONE CAN SOLVE The Vanishings started without warning. People disappearing into thin air - just piles of clothes left behind. Each day, thousands gone without a trace. A BABY NO ONE WANTED Max was abandoned in a bookshop and grows up haunted by memories of his parents. Only he can solve the mystery of the Vanishings. A SECRET THAT COULD SAVE THE FUTURE To find the answers, Max must leave this world and enter the Beginning Woods. A realm of magic and terror, life and death. But can he bear the truth - or will it destroy him? A STORY THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER WORLD Greater than your dreams. Darker than your fears. Full of more wonder than you could ever desire. Welcome to the ineffable Beginning Woods...

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'A dazzling and beguiling tale... Deeply rooted in the fantasy genre, but original wonderful and petrifying... A mesmerising new voice in Scottish fantasy fiction, and a book that deserves to vanish off the bookshop shelves' -- Herald

'McNeill has created a fabulous universe packed full of wonder and terror. The Beginning Woods has earned its place on a shelf with Gormenghast and The Princess Bride. I loved every word and was envious of quite a few. It opened my eyes wide and quickened my heart. A modern classic rich, funny and terrifying' -- Eoin Colfer

'Highly original and beguiling début that promises magic, terror and the dark menace of fairytales' -- The Bookseller

'Highly original... The Beginning Woods will challenge and delight the reader with a burgeoning Brothers Grimm-like thicket of wild imaginings' -- The School Librarian

'Complex, playful, philosophical, with mysterious vanishing and censorship of dreams' -- Imogen Russell Williams

'I could write at length about this fascinating and original story' -- North Somerset Teacher's Book Awards

'An absolutely captivating debut that'll have you reading late into the night' --Askew's Children's Newsletter

'McNeill's storytelling skills shine in this witty, delightful story about the power of imagination and dreaming' -- Kirkus (starred review)

'The Beginning Woods reads like a fairy tale come to life with an eccentric ensemble of characters and absurd moments that are reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland and A Wrinkle in Time' -- San Francisco Book Review

'Reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland... this work features a world full of wonderfully unique an imaginative characters' -- School Library Journal

'Unafraid to grapple with complexity, The Beginning Woods changes the geography of fairies back into something as fundamental and frightening as human nature itself. Filled with gorgeous imagery and memorable prose, McNeill's young adult novel will break hearts and bind them back together with a happy ending. This is a love letter to the power of imagination' --Foreword Reviews (starred review)

'You'll finish this book and feel like you've woken from a deep, refreshing sleep full of incredible, slightly unsettling, breathtaking dreams and your life in the real world will never be quite the same again' -- Playing by the Book (blog)

'This is what a children's book should be' -- Bookwitch (blog)

'The writing is fabulous. It has a fairytale quality to it... an Alice in Wonderland feel to it' -- Between the Bookends (blog)

'The world is incredible, and highly fascinating. It's weird, peculiar, scary ut so so so charming!' -- Where are the books? (blog)

'A magical, beautiful book' -- Bastian's Book Reviews (blog)

'It's an odd magical story that you don't want to miss' -- The Bookish Mind (blog)

'A truly magical adventure story' -- Pages Full of Stars (blog)

'Filled with childhood delights yet overcast with a sense of gloom and danger, exactly the mixture for adventures!' -- Gleeful Grace Book Review (blog)

'Captivating' -- Sarah's Rooftops (blog)

'Rich with atmosphere, characters, world-building, and is well written' -- Bibliophile (blog)

'Fascinating, immersive and highly unsettling' -- Library Mice (blog)

'A smart and thoroughly entertaining read' -- Lectito (blog)

'A wonderful, whimsical read' -- The Book Ramblings (blog)

'Whimsical, magical and nothing is really what it seems' -- Of Beauty and Nothingness (blog)

'Rich world building... a very nice read' --Inked Brownies (blog)

L'autore

Malcolm McNeill was born in England in 1976 and grew up in Scotland. The Beginning Woods is his first book.

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• Editore: Pushkin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782690905
• ISBN 13: 9781782690900
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 448