by Philip Pullman · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070522941
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«L'épouvantail et son valet» is Philip Pullman's children's novel, published by Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback (259 pages, in French).
A scarecrow brought to life by lightning during a storm sets off for the Valley of the Fountains accompanied by Jack, a boy who becomes his servant. Amid bandits, battles and treasure islands, the peculiar hero is unaware that the Buffaloni family is following him to prevent him from discovering the secret of his past.
Folio Junior collection. Original title: The Scarecrow and His Servant. Translated by Philippe Giraudon and illustrated by Peter Bailey.
For child and young adult readers, especially those seeking fantastical adventures in the style of Philip Pullman.
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy, The Book of Dust, of which the final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.
