- Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Orphans
Aidan Cain has had the worst week of his life. His gran died, he was sent to a foster home, and now malicious beings are stalking him. There is one person Gran told Aidan to go to if he ever got into trouble—a powerful sorcerer who lives at Melstone House.But when Aidan arrives on the doorstep, he finds that the sorcerer's grandson, Andrew, has inherited the house.
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Classical in form, contemporary, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Diana Wynne Jones
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007320806
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A British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults as well as a small amount of non-fiction.
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