Description
Product ID: | 9781035015740 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Greenwild |
Title: | Greenwild: The World Behind The Door |
Authors: | Author: Pari Thomson, Elisa Paganelli |
Page Count: | 416 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Nevermoor meets Narnia in this spectacular magical adventure with an environmental twist from Pari Thomson, an unforgettable new voice in children's fantasy. <p><b>Winner of the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize</b><br><b>Blackwells Children's Book of the Year</b><br><b>An instant <i>New York Times </i>bestseller</b><br><br><b>Pari Thomson's magical adventure series begins with</b> <b><i>Greenwild: The World Behind the Door, </i></b><b>with stunning illustrations by Elisa Paganelli.</b> Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself . . .<br><br>Daisy Thistledown has escaped from boarding school and has a mystery to solve. Her search for her missing mother will lead her across London and through a hidden doorway to another world, filled with plants and bursting with magic: the Greenwild.<br><br>But all is not well in this astonishing land. Before long Daisy finds herself confronting a dangerous presence that threatens green magic on both sides of the door. Daisy must band together with a botanical genius, a boy who can talk to animals, and a cat with an attitude, to channel the power that can revive the Greenwild and find her missing mother - and save her own world too.<br><br><b>Embark on an unforgettable adventure through the Greenwild, in this enchanting fantasy with an environmental twist.</b><br><br><b>*Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award*<br>*Longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing*<br>*The Times Children's Book of the Week*</b><br><br><b>'An eco-thriller novel every child should read' - <i>The Telegraph</i><br><br>'<i>Greenwild </i>is a thrilling adventure that takes seed in your imagination and runs wild!' - M. G. Leonard, author of <i>Beetle Boy</i><br><br>'I adored this book!' - Aisling Fowler, author of <i>Fireborn</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2024-01-18 |