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Mortlock
Mayhew, Jon. Illus: Bacchin, Giorgio
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Description for Mortlock
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the 2011 Branford Boase Award Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror meets Indiana Jones. Mortlock is macabre, darkly humorous, masterfully written and .. brilliant. A superlative adventure peppered with deadly thrills and traditional death rhymes Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. 400 pages. Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the 2011 Branford Boase Award Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror meets Indiana Jones. Mortlock is macabre, darkly humorous, masterfully written and . brilliant. A superlative adventure peppered with deadly thrills and traditional death rhymes. Cateogry: (JC) Children's (6-12). BIC Classification: 5AK; YFB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight: 282.
The sister is a knife thrower in a magician's stage act, the brother is an undertaker's assistant. Neither orphan knows of the other's existence. Until, that is, three terrible Aunts descend on the girl's house and imprison her guardian, the Great Cardamom. His dying act is to pass the girl a note with clues to the secret he has carried to his grave. Cardamom was one of three explorers on an expedition to locate the legendary Amarant, a plant with power over life and death. Now, pursued by flesh-eating crow-like ghuls, brother and sister must decode the message and save ... Read more
The sister is a knife thrower in a magician's stage act, the brother is an undertaker's assistant. Neither orphan knows of the other's existence. Until, that is, three terrible Aunts descend on the girl's house and imprison her guardian, the Great Cardamom. His dying act is to pass the girl a note with clues to the secret he has carried to his grave. Cardamom was one of three explorers on an expedition to locate the legendary Amarant, a plant with power over life and death. Now, pursued by flesh-eating crow-like ghuls, brother and sister must decode the message and save ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408803936
SKU
V9781408803936
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About Mayhew, Jon. Illus: Bacchin, Giorgio
Jon Mayhew is a man with a dark imagination, who has always loved writing and storytelling. An English teacher (to children and teenagers) for 20 years, he now works as a specialist teacher for children with autism. He has four children himself and, when neither teaching nor writing, he plays in ceilidh bands and runs marathons. Mortlock is his first ... Read more
Reviews for Mortlock
‘Mayhew has woven a rich tapestry depicting a series of convincing worlds . . . It has a breathtaking pace [and there] are characters we hope to meet again'
Children’s Book of the Month, The Observer
‘Mortlock is a thrilling adventure from start to finish'
SciFi Now
‘An accomplished page-turner . . . lighthanded, scary fun, ... Read more
Children’s Book of the Month, The Observer
‘Mortlock is a thrilling adventure from start to finish'
SciFi Now
‘An accomplished page-turner . . . lighthanded, scary fun, ... Read more