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Interest age: from c 12 years, Fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
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Orion Children's Books
- Paperback Oct 13, 2015 | 9781444015676 | RRP $17.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 5, 2010 | 9781444002720 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 11, 2006 | 9780752884790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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Orion Children's Books
- Paperback Oct 13, 2015 | 9781444015676 | RRP $17.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 5, 2010 | 9781444002720 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 11, 2006 | 9780752884790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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Orion Children's Books
- Paperback Oct 13, 2015 | 9781444015676 | RRP $17.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 5, 2010 | 9781444002720 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 11, 2006 | 9780752884790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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Luxury anniversary edition of this glorious novel set in seventeenth-century London and the fairy world, from a CARNEGIE and COSTA-winning author.
A stunning story set in seventeenth-century London and the fairy world, from a CARNEGIE MEDAL and COSTA-prizewinning author.
The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher. She is shut away in a chest and left to die, but emerges into the fairy world from which her mother came, and where time has no meaning. When she returns, charged with a task that will transform her life, she is seventeen.
This is a book filled with enchantments -- a pair of silver shoes, a fairy shadow, a prince transformed into a fox - that contrast with the heartbreaking loss and cruelty of Coriander's life in the real world. With its brilliantly realised setting of old London Bridge, and underpinned by the conflict between Royalists and Puritans, it is a terrific page-turner, involving kidnapping, murder and romance, and an abundance of vivid characters.
Praise for I, Coriander
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completely engaging - Jennifer Taylor
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a beautifully written story. Sally Gardner has clearly researched the times and customs very well indeed for she had me transported back to that far off time. I would definitely recommend this book, told with such care and feeling. - Muriel Barking
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'Beautifullly written, completely absorbing story... the author evokes the streets of London and the political upheavals of the day with compelling ease. - Christine Kidney
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will captivate readers with its riveting and detailed parallel storylines, its intriguingly drawn characters, and, above all, its engrossing first person narration - Marla Arback
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the skillful writing sweeps through mid-seventeenth century London.
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a thrilling story that mixes historic realism, credible characters and the dreamy, sometimes violent, dimension of a netherworld. The two blend seamlessly in this gripping and orginal story that abounds with gritty suspense. An excellent read. - Mary Arrigan
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a book filled with enchantment and difference. You won't read many novels as beautifully written and as enthralling as this rich, spellibinding, new-off-the-black fairy tale. - John Millen
Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK. Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles. Her YA novel, The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift.
Her website is www.sallygardner.net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner
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