Impossible Creatures - Katherine Rundell - diskuze

''There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.'' – Michael Morpurgo‘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’ – The Guardian''A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder'' – Cressida Cowell* 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* 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 2023There’s a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark MaterialsChristopher is stunned when he discovers a passage 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 the
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