Will and his friends return to the City of the Tripods--and risk their lives--in this second book of a classic alien trilogy ideal for fans of Rick Yancey's _The 5th Wave_ and Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children series. When Will and his friends arrived at the White Mountains, they thought
The Glass of Lead and Gold
โ Scribed by Cornelia Funke
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press;Pushkin Children's
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A magical winter's tale set in Mirrorworld London
In a land of elves, mermaids and trolls, true magic is where you least expect it...
In the snow-covered city of Londra, young Tabetha survives by finding treasures in the mudbanks of the river Themse. On Christmas Eve, a sinister stranger asks her to keep her eyes open for a priceless, long-lost magical object: the Glass of Lead and Gold.
As word of the Glass spreads across the city, Tabetha finds hersef with some unlikely companions, not least a one-armed girl with a rather impressive soup chef. But will Tabetha discover that there are even greater fortunes to be found than the magical Glass?
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