by Alan Garner (Author)
On a gloomy day in Manchester, Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David are lured into a ruined church, where the fabric of time and place is weak enough to allow them into the twilight world of Elidor. It is a place almost destroyed by fear and darkness, and the children are charged with guarding its Treasures while a way is sought to save the dying land. Then the evil forces find a path through to this world
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Published: 02 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0006754783
ISBN 13: 9780006754787
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: The author won both the Carnegie and the Guardian Award for The Owl Service in 1968, and his Stone Book Quartet was awarded the Phoenix Award in 1996.