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The Black Sphinx

The Black Sphinx

by Matt Hart (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.29
Synopsis

THE BLACK SPHINX is missing. Who wants it the most? The indomitable CALLISTO? Queen of the Underworld SQUALIDA MACHEATH? Or madder than a mackerel JASPER PEPPER?Or will it be CRISPIN RATTLE, our orphaned young hero? But if jackal-headed gods can't stop JASPER PEPPER, what on earth can CRISPIN do? Read this rip-roaring new adventure in paperback now...and test your code-breaking skills against the hieroglyphic messages of the sphinx!

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 02 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0552554219
ISBN 13: 9780552554213
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A fast-paced and anarchic young fantasy adventure filled with dastardly villains and a brave young hero.

Media Reviews
A poignant fantasy, set in the sort of parallel universe England you might find in Joan Aiken or Philip Pullman ... Hart is inventive but not over-indulgent and the story rattles along nicely Daily Telegraph 20060408 An exciting read ... Heartily recommended -- Wendy Axford The School Librarian 20060701 An accomplished adventure, reminiscent of Philip Pullman's Victorian swashbuckler novels but with a creative approach to fantasy that is all the author's own South Wales Argus 20060408
Author Bio
MATT HART is Welsh and proud of it. He has worked as a fairground operative, in an architect's office, as a bus conductor and as a building-site labourer before turning to writing full-time. He reads loads, his favourite animal is the coatimundi and THE BLACK SPHINX is his first fantasy novel.