Maphead - Hardcover

Howarth Lesley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074452458X ISBN 13: 9780744524581

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Powers and his son Boothe, alias MapHead, are visitors from the the Dawn of Power, MapHead has come to meet his human mother for the first time, making his home on a farm, in a tomato house. Big on Ancient Rome and its chariot races, the young traveller finds modern society bewildering. He can flash up a map of any place across his head, but the rhythms and idioms of human speech are quite alien to him. It is the language of the heart, though, about which he has most to learn. Lesley Howarth has also written "The Flower King", which was shortlisted for the 1993 Whitbread Children's Novel Award.

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Review

Strangely poetic, funny, unforgettable, this is a hugely successful fantasy with a strong narrative thread." The Guardian

About the Author

Lesley Howarth has won numerous awards for her books, which include "The Flower King", "Weather Eye" and "The Pits". Lesley has three daughters and lives with her husband in Cornwall in a house that they built themselves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074452458X
• ISBN 13: 9780744524581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160