The Secret of Platform 13 (#1)
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
Under Platform 13 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. 'This kind of fun will never fail to delight' Philip Pullman
Product Information
A hilarious, fantastical young fiction book from Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea. Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize.
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Her books have also won and been shortlisted for many prizes. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Macmillan Children's Books
- : 0.157
- : October 2014
- : 197mm X 130mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : December 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Eva Ibbotson
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : Alex T. Smith
- : 823.914
- : 192