The Ark of the People (Hodder Silver Series)

The Ark of the People (Hodder Silver Series)

by WJCorbett (Author)

Synopsis

The enchanting tale of a clan of miniature creatures called the People and their epic voyage in search of a new home ...When Humans flood their valley, the gentle Willow Clan abandon their tree home and take to an oak-bough adrift on the raging tide. This is the story of their makeshift Ark, their animal companions, the scout Magpie, brave Sedge the water-vole, the quarrelsome squirrels, anxious badgers, noisy birds and stowaway dormice. But they bargain without the dire plotting of vicious Deadeye, Hemlock and Toadflax of the Nightshade Clan, and when three human children board the Ark, events take an unexpected turn ...The story continues with 'The Quest For The End Of The Tail' and 'The Spell to Save the Golden Snake'.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 304
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 21 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 0340791772
ISBN 13: 9780340791776
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: The first in the enchanting 'Ark of the People' trilogy by a Whitbread Award winner: the tale of a clan of miniature creatures and their epic voyage in search of a new home.

Media Reviews
a cross between Watership Down and Battlestar Galactica * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH *
WJ Corbett creates a superb fantasy world with a vast array of interesting characters and many twists and turns...highly recommended * Aberdeen Evening Express *
THE BATTLE OF CHINNBROOK WOOD: 'remarkable for its wealth of characters and subplot ... an inspiring and often funny tale.' * CAROUSEL *
Author Bio
W.J. Corbett joined the Merchant Navy as a galley-boy when he was sixteen and saw the world. Now in Birmingham, the author has worked as a factory hand, furniture remover, labourer and dishwasher. His first book, 'The Song of Pentecost', described by Roald Dahl as 'an astonishing achievement', won the Whitbread Award. He has since been described as 'a born writer' by Auberon Waugh.