Abarat

by Barker, Clive

Description

New York: Harper Collins, 2002 Spine is uncracked, pages are clean and tight. Copiously illustrated by the author. First in Barker's excellent and eerie young adult fantasy series. Highly imaginative and very compelling. Includes a fold out full-color map of the world of Abarat.. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Clive Barker.

Book summary

Chickentown, Minnesota, is about a boring as a place can be--at least that is what teenaged Candy Quackenbush thinks. When confronted with a school assignment to learn about the town, however, Candy uncovers some interesting facts which lead her to a lighthouse on the outskirts of town. Before she really has time to think about why the landlocked town would have a lighthouse, though, she finds herself (and the lighthouse) whisked away to the land of Abarat, where magic rules and her best chance of survival is with an eight-headed con man who goes by the name of Mischief. This is the first volume of a projected quartet.