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The Secret of Platform 13
- Narrator
- Sian Thomas
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 7 December 2007
- Run Time
- 2 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Under Platform thirteen at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island. . .
It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before.
But the prince has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Trottle who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescued.
Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, The Secret of Platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from Eva Ibbotson, the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea.
'This kind of fun will never fail to delight.' - Philip Pullman
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Details
- Author
- Eva Ibbotson, illustrated by Alex T. Smith
- Narrator
- Sian Thomas
- Duration
- 2 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 December 2007
- ISBN
- 9780230706842
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Synopsis
Under Platform thirteen at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island. . . It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before. But the prince has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Trottle who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescued.Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, The Secret of Platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from Eva Ibbotson, the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea. 'This kind of fun will never fail to delight.' - Philip Pullman
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