- Fantasy ., Juvenile fiction, Responsibility in adolescence, Fantasy
Tal has lived his whole life in darkness. He has never left his home, a mysterious castle of seven towers. He does not see the threat that will tear apart his family and his world.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Garth Nix
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 195
- Publisher
- Demco Media, Perfection Learning, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780613269001
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“Tal stretched out his hand and pulled himself up onto the next out-thrust spike of the Tower.”
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