The Secret of Platform 13
25th anniversary illustrated edition
$25.61
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2019
Summary
The Secret of Platform 13: A Magical Journey Awaits
Under Platform 13 at King’s Cross Station lies a secret door to a magical island, appearing only once every nine years.
When it opens, four mysterious figures – a wizard, an ogre, a fey, and a young hag – step into London. Their mission: to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years prior.
But the prince is now Raymond Trottle, a horrible rich boy with no understanding of magic and no desire to be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529002454 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529002451 |
| Author: | Eva Ibbotson, Beatriz Castro |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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The perfect alternative for Harry Potter fans
The perfect alternative for Harry Potter fans * Independent on Sunday *This kind of fun will never fail to delight – Philip Pullman
About The Author
Eva Ibbotson
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Journey to the River Sea won the Nestlé Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Some of her other young fiction titles include The Great Ghost Rescue, Which Witch? and Dial a Ghost. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
Beatriz Castro’s books have been published all over the world, her illustrations appearing in textbooks, picture books and on covers. She is also the illustrator of Jessica Townsend’s bestselling and Waterstones Prize-winning Nevermoor. Beatriz lives in Spain.
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