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A thrilling fantasy set in medieval Sicily on the slopes of a smouldering volcano. Mount Etna towers above the remote villa where Alfredo lives with his uncle after a fire wipes out his family. At first he believes mysterious Uncle Giorgio has saved his life, but the man they call the Master of the Mountain is an evil sorcerer with a terrible fate planned for the boy. Deep within the molten veins of Etna swim the magical salamanders, whose tears can cure all mortal ills. Alfredo must use his own strange powers to protect them, destroy his uncle, and control the explosive rage of the volcano...
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Peter Dickinson is one of the most acclaimed and respected children's writers of our time. The Kin, his first book for Macmillan, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1999 as was The Ropemaker in 2001. He was one of the three shortlisted candidates for the first Children's Laureate, alongside Anne Fine and Quentin Blake.
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Alfredo, a choir boy in 18th-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, and his mysterious Uncle Giorgio spirits him away to their ancestral home below a volcano. There he learns that Uncle Giorgio is the Master of the Mountain; he can control the volcano. He is also an alchemist, able to make gold from the tears of the fiery salamander he captured from the heart of the mountain. Alfredo is his heir, the next Master; and as Alfredo learns the history of his family and its power, he begins to suspect that his uncle is actually a fearsome sorcerer.
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- PublisherMacmillan Children's Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1405020512
- ISBN 13 9781405020510
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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