by Marcus Sedgwick · Orion Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781842552674
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«The Book of Dead Days» is the young adult fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published by Orion Children's Books in paperback (264 pages, in English).
In a gloomy city, during the dead days between Christmas and New Year, the magician Valerian tries to escape the pact he made with evil years ago. He is accompanied by Boy, his servant without name or past, and the orphan Willow; together they are dragged into an underground journey in which the book of the title holds the keys to their fate.
First instalment of the Book of Dead Days series; it was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and nominated for the Rhode Island Teen Book Award in 2007.
Recommended for readers aged 9 to 11 who seek dark fantasy, mystery and adventure.
Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.
