Seven o'clock,on a Monday morning,five hundred years after the end of the world,and goblins had been at the cellar again...Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured runemark on her hand - a symbol of the old gods and definitely cause for suspicion. For magic is dangerous. Or so everyone thinks. But Maddy enjoys working magic. Even if it is just to control some pesky goblins. And every time her friend,One-Eye - a good-for-nowt Outlander - comes by,he teaches her more and more about the gods and the runes. Now he wants Maddy to open Red Horse Hill and descend into World Below to retrieve a relic of the old gods. Otherwise it is likely to be the End of Everything. Again ...An epic romp into the heart of the old Norse tales: wild,dangerous,richlyinventive and superbly imaginative.
Publisher: Random House Children's Publishers UKISBN: 9781846576591Weight: 198 gDimensions: 125 x 145 x 24 mmEdition: Abridged edition
Joanne Harris
Following two relatively niche novels,Joanne Harris achieved worldwide acclaim with her self-proclaimed'funny little book'Chocolat,a delicious tale of belonging and temptation of which the Literary Review famously asked,'is this the best book ever written'Further tales in the Chocolat universe followed,but Harris has wasted no time in spreading her very capable wings into other genres,including the YA universe of the Rune series and even a Doctor Who novella. Her Malbry series - based around the exploits at St Oswald's Grammar school in the fictional town of Malbry - plays perfectly to Harris's strengths,combining deft characterisation with a typically nuanced,multi-layered narrative. The latest in the Chocolat sequence,The Strawberry Thief,was published in 2019.
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