The Silver Arrow / Lev Grossman ; illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316539531
- 0316539538
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | GROSSMAN LEV | Available | 33111009751294 | ||||
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A New York Times bestseller!
A People Magazine Best Book of the Year
An Apple Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
"I loved every page. This is middle grade fiction at its best."- Ann Patchett From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians comes a must-read, wholly original middle-grade debut perfect for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia and Roald Dahl.
Dear Uncle Herbert,
You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super-rich could you please send me a present?
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don't have much to look forward to. Why can't Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday is shaping up to be mundane -- that is, until her mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert, whom she's never even met before, surprises her with the most unexpected, exhilarating, inappropriate birthday present of all time: a colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow.
Kate and Tom's parents want to send it right back where it came from. But Kate and Tom have other ideas -- and so does the Silver Arrow -- and soon they're off to distant lands along magical rail lines in the company of an assortment of exotic animals who, it turns out, can talk. With only curiosity, excitement, their own resourcefulness and the thrill of the unknown to guide them, Kate and Tom are on the adventure of a lifetime . . . and who knows? They just might end up saving the world after all.
This thrilling fantasy adventure will not only entertain young readers but inspire them to see the beautiful, exciting, and precious world around them with new eyes.
Ages 8-12. Little, Brown and Company.
Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.