Is And Cold Shoulder Road (The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase Sequence) - Softcover

Aiken, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099477386 ISBN 13: 9780099477389

Publisher: Red Fox, 2005

Synopsis

Is (short for Isabett) Twite is the younger sister of Dido, every bit as spunky and compelling as her older sibling and with the same habit of attracting bizarre adventures. The two unputdownable novels in which she is the heroine, Is and Cold Shoulder Road, are published here in a wonderfully satisfying double volume.

Is, travelling north to find a lost cousin, discovers an underground kingdom where children work as slaves in horrifying conditions, under the rule of the sinister Gold Kingy.

A year or two on, with Simon Battersea now on the throne, her aunt Ruth Twite disappears from Cold Shoulder Road. Is needs all her courage and resourcefulness as she encounters the vicious gang of Merrie Gentry and other alarming forces that are at work across the country.

About this title

Review:

"A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination" (Oxford Companion to Children's Literature)

"Joan Aiken is a marvel" (Philip Pullman Guardian)

"Joan Aiken is such a spellbinder" (Evening Standard)

Book Description:

Two novels in the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series combined in a double volume. Both feature Dido`s sister, Is Twite.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099477386
• ISBN 13: 9780099477389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528