{"product_id":"9781408897416","title":"Impossible Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rundell, Katherine\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408897416\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' \u003c\/b\u003e Michael Morpurgo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThere's a place where all the wildest stories began - The first novel in the award winning and globally best-selling \u003ci\u003eImpossible Creatures \u003c\/i\u003eseries is the story of two children's epic adventure to transform the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the stunning sequel to \u003ci\u003eImpossible Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e- book 2,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poisoned King, \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e OUT NOW!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher is stunned when he discovers a Way-Between from our world to the Archipelago- a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal- a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDREN'S FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Full of adventures, wonderful side characters, new lands and so many fantastic creatures. I heartily recommend it to readers of all ages'\u003c\/i\u003e Rick Riordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder'\u003c\/i\u003e Cressida Cowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Rundell's first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of children's literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ quite possibly her best yet'\u003c\/i\u003e The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eJacqueline Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldn't resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once'\u003c\/i\u003e - Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman' \u003c\/i\u003e The Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundell's best, which is something to be marvelled at' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eKiran Millwood Hargrave\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth'\u003c\/i\u003e Frank Cottrell-Boyce\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come' \u003c\/i\u003e The Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy'\u003c\/i\u003e Aisha Bushby\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSam Sedgman\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCatherine Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent' \u003c\/i\u003e The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Surely the next classic' \u003c\/i\u003e The I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636874629278,"sku":"UBD-9781408897416","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781408897416.jpg?v=1774398351","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781408897416","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}