The Battle of the Sun

The Battle of the Sun

by JeanetteWinterson (Author)

Synopsis

Jack is the chosen one, the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect the alchemy that will transform London of the 1600s into a golden city. But Jack isn't the kind of boy who will do what he is told by an evil genius, and he is soon involved in an epic and nail-biting adventure, featuring dragons, knights and Queen Elizabeth I, as he battles to save London.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 140880042X
ISBN 13: 9781408800423
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Dragons, magic, golden cities and kidnapped children pitting their wits against an evil Magus intent on personal wealth make this a magical and unputdownable adventure story by the acclaimed author of Tanglewreck

Media Reviews
PRAISE FOR TANGLEWRECK: 'Winterson has a fine ear for children's dialogue and her writing is lucid, pitched perfectly at imaginative young readers' Sunday Telegraph 'An exceptional book: big, ambitious and awash with Winterson's usual inventiveness' Observer 'No one could fail to enjoy the book's exuberance of ideas and wacky charm' Evening Standard
Author Bio
Jeanette Winterson's first novel for children, Tanglewreck, was widely admired. Here in her second, readers will once more relish her free-spirited literary inventiveness and style. Jeanette won the Whitbread for her first book, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. She lives in Oxfordshire and travels extensively lecturing about her work.