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Abarat Days of Magic, Nights of War
by Clive Barker
ISBN: 0064407330
ISBN-13: 9780064407335
Format: Paperback
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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.
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" Abarat is not a book in which plot is paramount. Above all, this is a deeply lovely catalogue of the strange. Islands carved into colossal heads, giant moths made of coloured ether, words that turn into aeroplanes, tentacled maggot-monsters: they dance past like a carnival, a true surrender to the weird, vastly more inventive than the tired figures that visit some bespectacled boy-wizards. The joy is that all these imagined things are enthusiastically illustrated by Barker himself." -- China Mieville
"Barker gets big points for Candy, an unusually natural and winning heroine."
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Trophy Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 5 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 2 pounds
Ages: 7 to 9
Pages: 432
Synopses
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed.
Publisher's Notes
A journey beyond imagination
is about to unfold. . . .It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it's not one she expects. Welcome to the Abarat.
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HarperTrophy. Trade PaperBack. 0064407330 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 2003 HarperTrophy Trade PaperBack . Very Good. 2003. ( more information)
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HarperTrophy. PAPERBACK. 0064407330 Good solid overall condition, mild to moderate general wear, clean inside. . Good. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
New York: Harper. 2002. S Trade Paperback. Very Good. In protective sleeve! (WE MAIL DAILY!) Very minimal edge wear. Solid binding; crisp, clean pages. ( more information)
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Illustrator-Clive Barker
HarperTrophy, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. Has some shelf wear. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
HarperTrophy, 2003. Near Fine Appears unread. Very light coverwear. ( more information)
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Illustrator-Clive Barker
HarperTrophy, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. Clean no writing, firm binding, has mild handling wear to edges and corners. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
Harper Trophy, 2003-09-01. Paperback. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
N. Y.: Joanna Cotler Books: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
Harpertrophy. Good. 2003. Softcover. Good condition book with spine creasing, spine slant and general shelf wear. ; 432 p. . ( more information)
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Illustrator-Clive Barker
HarperTrophy, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Good. All books shipped with tracking numbers and e-mail confirmationsAll books shipped with tracking numbers and e-mail notifications. ( more information)
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Abarat (Abarat)
Illustrator-Clive Barker
HarperTrophy, 2003-10-01. Paperback. Like New. Paperback with a slight spine crease, pages bright and in excellent condition; We are a small hard working operation who understand that the economy is tough and every penny counts, shop with us for low prices, quality merchandise, fast shipping, and first-class customer service ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
New York: Harper Collins, 2002. Trade Paperback. Clive Barker. 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. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
New York: Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 2002. Stated First Edition, 3rd ptg. 389,xxv pp., illus. in color, b&w. Mildly bumped corners, light shelf wear. Square, uncreased binding.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information)
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Barker, Clive (Illustrator)
HarperTrophy. September 30, 2. Paperback. Fine. In Abarat, accomplished novelist and artist Clive Barker turns his consider able talents to creating a rich fantasy world for young adults. Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota, yearning for mor e--which she finds, quite unexpectedly, when a man with eight heads appears from nowhere in the middle of the prairie, being chased by something reall y monstrous. And so begins Candy's epic adventure to the islands of the Aba rat. Peopled by all manner of creatures, cultures, and customs, the islands should prove a fertile setting for the series that Barker is calling The B ooks of Abarat. Candy is an intelligent and likable heroine, and the many s upporting characters are deftly drawn, both in words and in the full-color interior art that Barker has produced to give the story an extra dimension. Abarat delivers the rich and imaginative storytelling that Barker is known for, with less overt horror or violence than one of his adult novels might include. However, Candy's path isn't an easy one, and young adult readers should appreciate the hard choices she must make along the way. ( more information)
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Clive Barker
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Barker, Clive
Joanna Cotler Books Stunning colourful art work throughout. Book, spine and binding are tight and intact. Internal pages are clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Illustrator-Clive Barker
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Clive Barker
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ABARAT [ 1st ]
BARKER, Clive
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