Joan Aiken

Black Hearts in Battersea (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this hilarious classic adventure, an innocent boy and his friends must stop a plot to topple the King of England. Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl "It's a marvel!" -The New Yorker "A wild yarn, not to be put down once it is started." -Washington Post "A riot of wildly improbable adventures happening to absurd and loveable characters with Dickensian names in a time that never was . . . Heartrending, hair-raising, rib-tickling, and delightful." -New York Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547530710
• Artikelnr.: 47723947

Autorenporträt

Joan Aiken, daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.