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Best-selling author Cornelia Funke, whose Inkheart was a world-wide phenomenon, has created a wonderful imaginary world peopled with a gigantic cast of original and outlandish characters. Searching for his missing father, Jacob Reckless steps through the mirror into a strange, story-filled world in which danger is never very far away. When Jacob mistakenly allows his brother to follow him through the mirror he discovers the awesome powers he is working against and needs to use all his skill and cunning to save his brother from a horrible death as he is gradually turned to stone. Cornelia Funke’s original storytelling captures the hearts and minds of all young readers. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic and enchanted objects, scheming dwarves and fearsome ogres, fairies born from water and men born from stone. Here, he hunts for treasure and seeks adventure in the company of Fox - a beautiful, shape-shifting girl, who guides and guards him. But now Jacob's younger brother has followed him into the mirrored world, and all that was freedom has turned to fear. Because a deadly curse has been spoken; and Jacob must risk his life to reverse it, before his brother is turned to stone forever...Revised and updated by Cornelia Funke, The Petrified Flesh is the first book in the thrilling Reckless series.
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'A haunting story of loyalty, betrayal, magic and danger' -- Nicolette Jones Sunday Times (Children's Book of the Week)
'Magical and full of surprises - find a child to read it to as an excuse, or just indulge' The Lady
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ISBN: 9781782691242
Publication date: 29/09/2016
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9781782691242 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2016 |
| Author: | Cornelia Funke |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: | NewGen - YA Fiction, eBook Favourites, Fantasy, |
| Categories: | General fiction (Children's / Teenage), |
The German author Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in Dorsten, Westphalia. As a child she dreamed of becoming an astronaut – until she discovered the military training involved so she trained to be social worker. During her time as a social worker, Cornelia discovered the kinds of stories that grasped their imaginations. These were the stories she wanted to illustrate – and ultimately to write – the kind that would appeal to bookish children as well as inspiring those children who hadn’t yet had many positive reading experiences. At the age of 35 Cornelia realised her true love of ...
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