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The Edge Chronicles 5: Stormchaser

The Edge Chronicles 5: Stormchaser

Second Book of Twig

by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Publication Date: 06/07/2006

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Since his childhood in the Deepwoods, young Twig has always longed to soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a lowly crew-member on his father's sky pirate ship, the Stormchaser, his dream seems fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits Twig as plots and treacheries from many years ago bring the lofty city of Sanctaphrax - home of the Edgeworld's most learned academics - to the point of disaster. For the city is built on a giant rock, floating high in the sky, its future balance dependent on stormphrax - a valuable yet extremely volatile substance obtained only from the heart of a Great Storm at the very instant it unleashes its most intense power. And only a ship such as the Stormchaser could risk entering the Storm...
ISBN:
9780552554237
9780552554237
Category:
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
Publication Date:
06-07-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House Children's Publishers UK
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
400
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x26mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the geniuses behind the phenomenally successful The Edge Chronicles, Muddle Earth, Far-Flung Adventures and The Wyrmeweald Trilogy.

They both have hugely successful careers separately, Paul as a writer of children's books and Chris as an illustrator and cartoonist for the New Statesman and the Observer.

They both live in Brighton, where they met picking up their children from school. Together they have sold over three million books worldwide.

Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children.

His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals.

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His previous work for Macmillan includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth and Scavenger series. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.

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