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Appeared on “Hay-on-Sky” 30 May. A huge and dramatic, soap opera of a novel full of old world magic and
larger than life characters. Maddy knows that she is different from
everyone else in her village: she was born with a ‘rune’ – a special
mark on her hand. She can do all kinds of magic and she loves it,
especially when it means controlling the pesky goblins. But, can she
stop The End of Everything? And does she want to? A flamboyant and
wholly engrossing story. This is the Joanne Harris's first children's
book.
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Runemarks Synopsis
On a Monday morning, 500 years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. Maddy Smith was born with a mark on her hand - a symbol of the old gods. Maddy enjoys working magic. Even if it is just to control goblins. Now Maddy needs to open Red Horse Hill and descend into World Below to retrieve a relic of the old gods.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780385611305 |
| Publication date: |
2nd August 2007 |
| Author: |
Joanne Harris |
| Publisher: |
Random House Children's Books |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Primary Genre |
Young Adult Fiction
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About Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche), Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs & Reels, and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook. She lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.
Fellow novelist ANNE BERRY on JOANNE HARRIS
I have thoroughly enjoyed all Joanne Harris’s books but Gentlemen and Players I quite simply adored. I loved the character Roy Straightley, an aging Classic’s teacher with a dicky heart, clinging tenaciously to honest old values, his delightfully ironic sense of humour, his warmth, his dedication. In his secure hands we are led into such a gripping story with so many twist and turns that my only sadness was that it had to end.
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