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Peter lives with his mother and grandfather in the museum. He knows where to find the most weird and wonderful exhibits and how to open a hundred secret doors. When his grandfather gets sick, Peter decides to search for his father, who disappeared before Peter was born. Instead he finds a strange old woman, who gives him a book called How to Live Forever but makes him promise never to read it.Trapped in a world where books are houses and wise men aren't wise at all, Peter meets a girl called Festival. She doesn't know where Peter's father has gone, but she might know someone who does. Together they look for the Ancient Child, who has the answers to everything...
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"Not since Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" have libraries been so celebrated. Book-lovers and library-haunters will be enchanted. We who know the mysterious powers of the library will not be at all surprised by the goings on in Peter's museum, behind its hidden doors." --Virginia Lowe, winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for Children's Novels--Short Fiction
"Peter is a young boy who reminds us all what a wonderful thing it is to be curious and to find courage we don't realise is within us . . . Thompson's writing is smooth and his storytelling agile. He introduces us to a world rich with characters and landscapes both grotesque and charming, and he fills this book with friendship and love." --Aurealis Awards Judges' Report 2004
"Not since Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose have libraries been so celebrated. Book-lovers and library-haunters will be enchanted. We who know the mysterious powers of the library will not be at all surprised by the goings on in Peter's museum, behind its hidden doors." --Virginia Lowe, winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for Children's Novels--Short Fiction
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"Peter is a young boy who reminds us all what a wonderful thing it is to be curious and to find courage we don't realise is within us . . . Thompson's writing is smooth and his storytelling agile. He introduces us to a world rich with characters and landscapes both grotesque and charming, and he fills this book with friendship and love." --Aurealis Awards Judges' Report 2004
"Not since Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose have libraries been so celebrated. Book-lovers and library-haunters will be enchanted. We who know the mysterious powers of the library will not be at all surprised by the goings on in Peter's museum, behind its hidden doors." --Virginia Lowe, winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for Children's Novels--Short Fiction
Colin Thompson has had more than 60 books published. He has received several awards, including an Aurealis Award for the novel How to Live Forever and the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 2006 for The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Mr. Riley.
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- PublisherRandom House Australia
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1740519140
- ISBN 13 9781740519144
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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