Welcome to a dark winter sometime long ago, in an England of fantasy. Good King James III is on the throne. From the frozen north to London, England is menaced by savage wolves that have migrated through the new Channel Tunnel. When orphans Bonnie and Sylvia fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they need all their courage to escape. How will they dodge the starving wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase? Bleak snowy landscapes, twisted villains, howling wolves and a thrilling sense of doom. This book was steampunk before steampunk was even invented. Do not miss!

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141362663

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

July 2nd, 2015

Other details

272 pages

Condition

New

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Gifted Reader Ages 9-11 Pk x29

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Gifted Readers Ages 9-11 Pack B x 29

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Author/Illustrator

Joan Aiken

Joan Aiken was born in 1924 in East Sussex. She didn’t go to school until she was twelve but she read hundreds of books and loved to make up stories. In her early twenties some of her short stories were broadcast by the BBC and she began to make a career out of her writing. She did lots of different jobs including working for the BBC, writing for TV adverts and magazine articles. Her first book was a collection of short stories called All You’ve Ever Wanted.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was one of the first full-length novels Joan wrote and was published in 1962. Originally written as a one-off spoof of the Victorian Gothic adventure stories Joan had read as a child, this book became the inspiration for the series of Wolves Chronicles that followed – a series of fantastic adventures set in her own invented world, a period of history that never happened. Joan was finally able to become a full-time writer and she continued to write books, mostly for children, all her life.