CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2000
"Like her previous books, this will ride high on "Others Like Harry Potter" lists for its style of humor, sturdy young protagonists, and array of fantastical beings. (Fiction. 11-13)"
A mischarted island becomes a refuge for injured sea creatures—including a few mythical ones—in this now-poignant, now-farcical adventure from the author of The Secret of Platform 13 (1998).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 1999
"Ibbotson includes monsters, ghouls, and murderous ghosts; through tongue-in-cheek humor she provides an endlessly amusing book to delight readers. (b&w illustrations) (Fiction. 9-12)"
Imagination and humor run rampant as Arriman the Awful, the Wizard of the North, tries to find a bride in this hilarious romp from Ibbotson (The Secret of Platform 13, 1998).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 1998
"With scrawled, comic black- and-white drawings by Porter, it's not exactly Roald Dahl, but Ibbotson is at least a distant cousin. (Fiction. 10-13)"
Old magic breaks loose in modern London to rescue a kidnapped prince in this droll, if formulaic, farce from Ibbotson.
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