Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret: 1 - Softcover

Book 1 of 3: Archie Greene

Everest, D D

 
9780062312129: Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret: 1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 006231212X ISBN 13: 9780062312129
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016

Synopsis

D. D. Everest's magical middle grade debut, now available in paperback, is filled with enchanted books and mysterious activity that is sure to captivate readers. Open this book...if you dare to face what awaits you inside!

On his twelfth birthday, Archie Greene receives a mysterious package containing an ancient book in a language he doesn't recognize. The gift leads him to a family he didn't know he had and a world he never knew existed.

With the help of his cousins, Bramble and Thistle, Archie tries to unravel the mystery behind his book, but he begins to realize that his gift is something more powerful than he could have imagined. And the only thing more perilous than its contents is being its owner. The book waited four hundred years for Archie Greene. Now Archie must discover why.

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About the Author

D. D. Everest is a successful journalist and author. He thought he knew how to write books until he started this one. It is his first book for children and nearly killed him, which serves him right.

He lives in a rambling Victorian house on the Ashdown Forest, in England, with his partner, Sara, their son and daughter, and two cats.

From the Back Cover

On his twelfth birthday, Archie Greene receives a present that has been waiting four hundred years to be delivered to him! The gift is an ancient tome that leads him to a family he didn't know he had and a world he never knew existed.

Soon Archie is an apprentice at the Museum of Magical Miscellany, run by the Flame Keepers, a secret group devoted to finding and preserving magical books that not only contain spells but are portals into new places and times. But his gift is something more something more powerful than he could have imagined. And the only thing more perilous than its contents is being its owner.

The book waited four hundred years for Archie, and now Archie must discover what else what other powers he has inherited along with the gift."

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Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
006231212X
ISBN 13 
9780062312129
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336

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ISBN 10:  0062312111 ISBN 13:  9780062312112
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2015
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