The tunnels below /
Wild-Palmer, Nadine,
The tunnels below / Nadine Wild-Palmer. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.
Ages 9-11.
9781782692232 1782692231
GBB924849 bnb
019244255 Uk
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Marbles (Game objects)--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Tunnels--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Imaginary places--Juvenile fiction.
Social classes--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
The tunnels below / Nadine Wild-Palmer. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.
Ages 9-11.
9781782692232 1782692231
GBB924849 bnb
019244255 Uk
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Marbles (Game objects)--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Tunnels--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Imaginary places--Juvenile fiction.
Social classes--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.