The Edge Chronicles: The Curse of the Gloamglozer
First Book of Quint
$31.02
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2013
Summary
The first book of the Quint Saga that begins the bestselling Edge Chronicles series.
Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax - a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds.
But the city hides a dangerous secret - deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks. With his father away,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552569620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552569623 |
| Author: | Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 28mm |
| Series: | The Edge Chronicles |
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Wondrously inventive… A new variety of characters, beings, classic-like names and gravity-defying geography once again feeds detail and delight to an ever-increasingly ever-eager-for-the-next readership * School Librarian *Stunningly original * Guardian on THE EDGE CHRONICLES *For children who’ve read the Harry Potter books and want another world to explore * Mail on Sunday on THE EDGE CHRONICLES *
About The Author
Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart (Author)
Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the Far-Flung Adventure series, which includes Fergus Crane, Gold Smarties Prize Winner, Corby Flood and Hugo Pepper, Silver Nestle Prize Winners, and the Barnaby Grimes Series.
Chris Riddell (Author)
Chris Riddell is an acclaimed artist of children’s books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates the Ottoline young fiction series and the Goth Girl series, as well as working closely with Paul Stewart on the Edge Chronicles and Wyrmeweald. Children’s Laureate from 2015-2017, he has won many awards for his work, including the Nestle Gold Award, the UNESCO Award for Something Else and the rare honour of three Kate Greenaway Medals.
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