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The Fire Chronicle: The Books of Beginning 2
The Books of Beginning (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Stephens
- Narrator
- Jim Dale
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 7 August 2014
- Run Time
- 12 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
It's been six months since Kate, Michael and Emma confronted the Dire Magnus, but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold. Then Michael and Emma find the man who was the last person to see them. He knows about a secret map of a distant, mysterious land - maybe this is the clue that will lead them to their parents...
Meanwhile, Kate's connection to the Book of Time grows ever stronger, and when a dangerous trick traps her in the past, she must find new friends to help her return home.
Once more the children must embark on a daring and perilous quest to find the second Book of Beginning and harness its power. But will it be enough to save them all?
Critics Review
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Nine out of ten . . . Put down whatever you're reading at the moment, and pick this up
Guardian
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Irreverent humor and swashbuckling adventure collide in a fetching fantasy
Kirkus Reviews
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Fans of The Emerald Atlas will find much to love: the adventure-driven plot, a scattering of deliciously scary moments, and Stephens’s offbeat take on Tolkienesque dragons, dwarves, and elves are sure to delight
Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- John Stephens
- Narrator
- Jim Dale
- Duration
- 12 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 August 2014
- ISBN
- 9781448195541
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Synopsis
It's been six months since Kate, Michael and Emma confronted the Dire Magnus, but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold. Then Michael and Emma find the man who was the last person to see them. He knows about a secret map of a distant, mysterious land - maybe this is the clue that will lead them to their parents...Meanwhile, Kate's connection to the Book of Time grows ever stronger, and when a dangerous trick traps her in the past, she must find new friends to help her return home. Once more the children must embark on a daring and perilous quest to find the second Book of Beginning and harness its power. But will it be enough to save them all?
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