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OverviewLong Pond Cay, in the Bahamas, is a magical white-sand island, and twelve-year-old Trey and silent seven-year-old Lou love to visit its loneliness. But one day the magic becomes nightmare, and suddenly they are in another world, strident, polluted, and overcrowded -- where little Lou is hailed not as a mute Bahamian boy but as the mythic hero Lugh, born to bring terrible destruction and renewal. Carried betwween worlds in a zigzag adenture of mounting tension and danger, the children risk their lives not only to save the alien world, but to ward off a new, parallel threat to their beloved Long Pond Cay. The forces of myth and nature explode together in an amazing climax. This is a deeply moving fantasy told by an internationally acclaimed Newbery Award -- wining writer, who knows and loves the Bahamian islands. Its vision of a spoiled world ominously like our own will haunt the reader for long time to come. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Cooper (Susan Cooper Plymouth Marjons University UK)Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Imprint: Margaret K. McElderry Books Edition: Reissue ed. Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.40cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780689847516ISBN 10: 0689847513 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 March 2002 Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""An intriguing and truly lovely book."" ""Cooper...hints at her virtuoso ability to deepen everyday occurrence into resonant mythic narrative."" ""Readers are likely to be pulled in by the sensitive portrayals of Trey and Lous, the mysterious adventures in Pangaia and the whilrwind climax."" ""Real moments of near-tangible peace."" ""The lyrical nature writing evokes the fragility and the power of a spider's silk, the miracle of a seashell, the physical connections of the wind, water, and sand."" ""Cooper ... writes movingly about the beauty of the Bahamas."" --Kirkus Reviews" Cooper ... writes movingly about the beauty of the Bahamas. --Kirkus Reviews Author InformationSusan Cooper is one of our foremost fantasy authors; her classic five-book fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books' accolades include the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and five shortlists for the Carnegie Medal. She combines fantasy with history in Victory (a Washington Post Top Ten Books for Children pick), King of Shadows, Ghost Hawk, and her magical The Boggart and the Monster, second in a trilogy, which won the Scottish Arts Council's Children's Book Award. Susan Cooper lives on a saltmarsh island in Massachusetts, and you can visit her online at TheLostLand.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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