Terry Deary is renowned for creating and sustaining atmospheres of haunting and menace - and he is at his best in this creepy new story. Laura Lund's family is rich - her dad won the lottery. Tommy Pickford's family is poor; but he and Laura are good friends and look out for each other always. Now, it's deep mid-winter and as a special treat, the children of Meek Street Primary are having a concert starring The Great Marvello, a magician who used to be famous. Mysteriously, Tommy's ticket is handed to him one foggy night. Someone appears from nowhere - just a set of footsteps in the fog ...The concert is thrilling: the best trick is when Marvello seems to make Laura disappear. But soon Tommy finds that she has disappeared. In fact, she's been kidnapped by Marvello for her family's money. When he sets out to rescue her, Tommy finds that he too becomes a prisoner of the sinister - and unpredictable
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The children of Meek Street Primary are having a concert starring The Great Marvello, a magician who used to be famous. Mysteriously, Tommy Pickford's ticket is handed to him one foggy night. The concert is thrilling, but when his friend Laura disappears, Tommy sets out to find her.
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A creepy, atmospheric story from the bestselling author of True Ghost Stories (Scholastic) and our own A Witch in Time Combination of magic and mystery makes for a memorable, compelling story Black Cats paperback originals are published in standard B-format paperback, which makes them easier to shelve, ensuring they're kept with other bestselling fiction titles.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780713665734
Publisert
2003
Utgiver
Vendor
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Vekt
114 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
02, JC
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96
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