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The Stolen Lake
Contributor(s): Aiken, Joan (Author)

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 ISBN: 0618070214     ISBN-13: 9780618070213
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE: $16.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adventure yet.
Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE.
A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical details: revolving palaces, witches who are also court dressmakers, an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, and an infernal country with a noticeable lack of female children. On her way back to London aboard the British man-of-war Thrush, twelve-year-old Dido Twite finds herself and the crew summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. A neighboring king has stolen the queen's lake and is holding it for ransom, and it's up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back -- or else.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 81005015
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Series: Wolves Chronicles (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1" H x 4.9" W x 8" L (0.45 lbs) 320 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 23352
Reading Level: 7.4   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adventure yet.
Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE.
A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical details: revolving palaces, witches who are also court dressmakers, an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, and an infernal country with a noticeable lack of female children. On her way back to London aboard the British man-of-war Thrush, twelve-year-old Dido Twite finds herself and the crew summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. A neighboring king has stolen the queen's lake and is holding it for ransom, and it's up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back -- or else.

Contributor Bio(s): Aiken, Joan: -

Joan Aiken, daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
 
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