Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable

De Matteis, J.M.

ISBN 10: 0007233388 / ISBN 13: 9780007233380

Published by Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 2006

About this Item

First edition hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped, otherwise as unread. LW.

Seller Inventory # 541223

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable
• Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007233388
• ISBN 13: 9780007233380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ploog, Mike
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children & Young Adult Reading

About this title

Synopsis

A groundbreaking mix of fiction and full-colour comic strip that follows a headstrong girl’s journey into the bizarre fictional world of Abadazad to rescue her younger brother.

In ‘The Road to Inconceivable’, Kate’s little brother, Matt, goes missing at a fun fair and five years later she is still coming to terms with it; failing her classes and fighting with her mum. Then an odd, elderly neighbout tells Kate that the world of Abadazad, a fictional fantasy realm that featured in Matt’s favourite stories, is real, and that Matt’s been abducted into this wonderland.

Kate is sceptical, but when the old lady dies and Kate receives a glowing blue orb in a package, she is carried to Abadazad, a place "where sorrow has no home – where time has no meaning – where joy lives forever!"

But why didn’t the author of Abadazad mention the Shellopers' bad breath? Or Queen Ija’s blue skin? And how is she going to defeat someone as crazed and evil as Lanky Man?

About the Author

J. M. DeMatteis is one of the most versatile writers in the graphic story medium, and has won acclaim for Marvel's Kraven's Last Hunt (Spiderman) DC's Speeding Bullets (Superman and Batman) and Justice League.

Illustrator Mike Ploog's work includes projects for Marvel as well as graphic novels such as 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus' and horror stories such as 'Wherewolf by Night'.