The Silver Arrow
- Author Lev Grossman
- Narrator Simon Vance
- Publisher Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Publish Date 1 September 2020
- Run Time 3 hours and 51 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Transport and vehicles, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: siblings, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues.
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What to expect
"I loved every page. This is middle grade fiction at its best." —Ann Patchett
Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super-rich could you please send me a present?
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don't have much to look forward to. Why can't Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday is shaping up to be mundane—that is, until her mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert, whom she's never even met before, surprises her with the most unexpected, exhilarating, inappropriate birthday present of all time: a colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow.
Kate and Tom's parents want to send it right back where it came from. But Kate and Tom have other ideas—and so does the Silver Arrow—and soon they're off to distant lands along magical rail lines in the company of an assortment of exotic animals who, it turns out, can talk. With only curiosity, excitement, their own resourcefulness and the thrill of the unknown to guide them, Kate and Tom are on the adventure of a lifetime ... and who knows? They just might end up saving the world after all.
This thrilling fantasy adventure will not only entertain young readers but inspire them to see the beautiful, exciting, and precious world around them with new eyes.
A New York Times bestseller!
A People Magazine Best Book of the Year
An Apple Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
| Author | Lev Grossman |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Simon Vance |
| Duration | 3 hours and 51 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781549158506 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hachette Audio for Young Listeners |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Transport and vehicles, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: siblings, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues |
| Availability | US |
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