Book summaryTwelve-year-old Dido Twite is summoned by the Queen of New Cumbria to recover a lake that has been stolen from her and is being held for ransom by a neighboring kingdom. This novel is part of the "Wolves of Willoughby Chase" series. |
Stolen Lakeby Aiken, JoanFirst Edition
Book desription: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward [Cover Illustration]. Dido Twite is on her wildest adventure yet. On the way back to London aboard the British man-o'-war ship, the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical Queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place, Dido decides, after noticing a suspicious lack of girl children and hearing rumors of birds that carry off men, and fish that eat human flesh. But a neighboring king has stolen the queen's lake and is holding it for ransom. Now it's up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back - or else. 314 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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