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Children of the Black Glass by Anthony Peckham (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN-101665913134

ISBN-139781665913133

eBay Product ID (ePID)25057251195

Product Key Features

Book TitleChildren of the Black Glass

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicFantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure / General, General, Social Themes / Friendship

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAnthony Peckham

Book SeriesChildren of the Black Glass Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2022-035843

ReviewsThe harsh tone and brutal twists will leave readers in a sober frame, but the tale, which ends with a promise of further episodes, features embedded glints of loyalty, courage, and friendship to lighten the load.

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromFifth Grade

Series Volume Number1

Grade ToNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal823.92

SynopsisA middle-grade fantasy with heady hints of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and even Howl's Moving Castle , set in a world as mesmerizing as it is menacing, roiling with a quintet of sorcerers vying for power, and the quartet of children determined to outsmart them all to save their father's life., Howl's Moving Castle meets Christopher Paolini in this "dark and flinty" ( Booklist ) middle grade fantasy, set in a world as mesmerizing as it is menacing, following children on a quest to save their father who get embroiled in the sinister agendas of rival sorcerers. In an unkind alternate past, somewhere between the Stone Age and a Metal Age, Tell and his sister Wren live in a small mountain village that makes its living off black glass mines and runs on brutal laws. When their father is blinded in a mining accident, the law dictates he has thirty days to regain his sight and be capable of working at the same level as before or be put to death. Faced with this dire future, Tell and Wren make the forbidden treacherous journey to the legendary city of Halfway, halfway down the mountain, to trade their father's haul of the valuable black glass for the medicine to cure him. The city, ruled by five powerful female sorcerers, at first dazzles the siblings. But beneath Halfway's glittery surface seethes ambition, violence, prejudice, blackmail, and impending chaos. Without knowing it, Tell and Wren have walked straight into a sorcerers' coup. Over the next twelve days, they must scramble first to save themselves, then their new friends, as allegiances shift and prejudices crack open to show who has true power.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.P43816Ch 2023