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Rose lives in New York, the city of bright lights and excitement?where extraordinary things happen every day. But Rose wasn’t born in New York; she was adopted and arrived there at age two; and though Rose loves her home and her adopted family, sometimes she can’t help but feel different, like she’s meant to be somewhere else.
Then one day in Central Park, Rose sees something truly extraordinary: a crystal staircase rising out of the lake, and two small figures climbing the shimmering steps before vanishing like a mirage. Only it isn’t a mirage. Rose is being watched?by representatives of U Nork, a hidden city far more spectacular than its sister city, New York. In U Nork, dirigibles and zeppelins skirt dazzling skyscrapers that would dwarf the Chrysler Building. Impeccably dressed U Norkers glide along the sidewalks on roller skates. Rose can hardly take it all in.
And then she learns the most astonishing thing about U Nork: its citizens are in danger, and only Rose can help them.
In this masterful new fantasy, best-selling author Adam Gopnik joins with legendary illustrator Bruce McCall to explore powerful themes of identity and the meaning of home.
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HardCover. Pub Date: 2010 Pages: 304 Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Ten-year-old Rose lives in New York. the city of ight lights and excitement carefully and a seemingly. Endless Variety of people. Architecture and food - where extraordinary things happen every day on every block. But Rose wasn't born in New York; she was adopted as an infant from a far-away country. Though Rose loves her home and her adopted family. sometimes she can't help but feel different. like she's meant to be somewhere else.Then one day in Central Park. Rose sees something truly extraordinary: a crystal staircase rising out of the lake. and two small figures climbing the shimmering steps before vanishing like a mirage. Only it's wasn 't a mirage. Rose is being watched - recruited - by representatives of U Nork. a hidden city far more spectacular than its sister city New York. In U Nork. Dirigibles and z...
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Hyperion Book CH (edition First Edition), 2010
ISBN 10: 142311213X
ISBN 13: 9781423112136
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Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. McCall, Bruce (illustrator). First Edition. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Seller Inventory # 142311213X-11-1
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. McCall, Bruce (illustrator). Rose lives in New York, the city of bright lights and excitement--where extraordinary things happen every day. But Rose wasn't born in New York; she was adopted and arrived there at age two; and though Rose loves her home and her adopted family, sometimes she can't help but feel different, like she's meant to be somewhere else. Then one day in Central Park, Rose sees something truly extraordinary: a crystal staircase rising out of the lake, and two small figures climbing the shimmering steps before vanishing like a mirage. Only it isn't a mirage. Rose is being watched--by representatives of U Nork, a hidden city far more spectacular than its sister city, New York. In U Nork, dirigibles and zeppelins skirt dazzling skyscrapers that would dwarf the Chrysler Building. Impeccably dressed U Norkers glide along the sidewalks on roller skates. Rose can hardly take it all in. And then she learns the most astonishing thing about U Nork: its citizens are in danger, and only Rose can help them. In this masterful new fantasy, best-selling author Adam Gopnik joins with legendary illustrator Bruce McCall to explore powerful themes of identity and the meaning of home. Seller Inventory # c5df6c73-ad9a-4355-bb88-dea252d58108
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. McCall, Bruce (illustrator). Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1. Seller Inventory # G142311213XI2N00
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Disney / Hyperion Books, 2010
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. McCall, Bruce (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Rose lives in New York, the city of bright lights and excitement--where extraordinary things happen every day. But Rose wasn't born in New York: she was adopted and arrived there at age two; and though Rose loves her home and her adopted family, sometimes she can't help but feel different, like she's meant to be somewhere else. Then one day in Central Park, Rose sees something truly remarkable: a crystal staircase rising out of the lake, and two small figures climbing the shimmering steps--visitors from the city of U Nork. Rose is being watched by the U Norkians. Though she does not consider herself a brave child, she is strangely drawn to the stairs and whatever lies on the other side of them. The U Norkians eventually beckon Rose to their hidden city, which is far more spectacular than New York. In U Nork, a New York minute is an eternity, and dazzling skyscrapers dwarf the Chrysler Building. But the U Norkians are in danger, and they believe that only Rose can help them. In this masterful new fantasy that draws on all the best aspects of tales like Alice in Wonderland and The Snow Queen, best-selling author Adam Gopnik joins acclaimed New Yorker artist Bruce McCall to explore powerful themes of identity and the meaning of home." [jacket copy] "Oliver, the hero of Gopnik's The King in the Window (2005), plays second banana to his fourth-grader sister, Rose, in this inventive fantasy adventure. A chance occurrence--well, maybe it's chance--leads New Yorker Rose across a hidden bridge to U Nork, an Oz-style secret city that's in many ways a mirror of New York (instead of Central Park, they have Sin-Trail Park). In other ways, though, it's different: buildings are so tall it takes all day to ride elevators, and life is so hectic that cooks use cannons to fire meals across the street into diners' waiting mouths. It's a wonderfully imagined blend of 1920s detail--everything is marble and mahogany, and zeppelins are prevalent--with a fantastical drama involving a mystical invader known as the Ice Queen, who is hell-bent on destroying the city--and guess who's supposed to stop her? The wackiness, deliriously inventive at first, eventually generates diminishing returns, but this will capture plenty of fancies, and Gopnik's love of New York--a place where 'it's secret upon secret upon secret'--is infectious. Grades 4-7."--Daniel Kraus, Booklist. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, w/beautiful, evocative Bruce McCall illustrations throughout, wrapped in a brightly intact jacket. Quite presentable. Seller Inventory # RUB2341
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