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CONDITION: Brand New
ISBN: 9781912626847
Publisher: THE CHICKEN HOUSE
Number of Pages 576
A gorgeous new edition of the first book in Cornelia Funke's internationally celebrated trilogy - magical, thrilling and mesmerising. 'I don't think I've ever read anythingthat conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading' Diana Wynne Jones Meggie loves stories, but ...her father, Mo, hasn't read to her since her mother disappeared. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. Suddenly Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, butthis one will change her life for ever ... Also a major film starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser!Read less
ISBN: 9781912626847
Publisher: THE CHICKEN HOUSE
Number of Pages 576
A gorgeous new edition of the first book in Cornelia Funke's internationally celebrated trilogy - magical, thrilling and mesmerising. 'I don't think I've ever read anythingthat conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading' Diana Wynne Jones Meggie loves stories, but ...her father, Mo, hasn't read to her since her mother disappeared. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. Suddenly Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, butthis one will change her life for ever ... Also a major film starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser!Read less