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The Edge Chronicles 1: the Curse of the Gloamglozer

Book 1 of the Quint Saga

The Edge Chronicles 1: the Curse of the Gloamglozer( )
Author: Stewart, Paul
Illustrator: Riddell, Chris
Series title:The Edge Chronicles Ser.
ISBN:978-0-552-56962-0
Publication Date:Oct 2013
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Corgi
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax - a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds. But the city hides a dangerous secret- deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks. With his father away, Quint may be the only one who can save Sanctaphrax from the dreaded curse of the...
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Book Details
Pages:448
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.8 x 2.8 cm
Book Weight:0.314 Kilograms
Author Biography
Stewart, Paul (Author)


Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term.

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