by Garth Nix · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007221462
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«Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories» is the fantasy short-story collection by Garth Nix, published by HarperCollins in paperback.
Thirteen stories introduced by the author, including the Old Kingdom novella «Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case», in which Nicholas tries to cross the Wall to reunite with Lirael and Sam. The rest includes Arthurian legends, an urban Hansel and Gretel, a war story, a western, and a gamebook parody.
352 pages, text in English; the volume is catalogued as 3.5 in the Old Kingdom series (Abhorsen). Recommended reading age: from 12 years.
For fans of the Abhorsen saga and young-adult fantasy readers who want an anthology of varied stories.
Garth Richard Nix is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the perfect name for a writer of fantasy. However, it is my real name."
