- Fantasy, Fiction, Heroes, Juvenile fiction
This is Book Three in Garth Nix's blockbuster fantasy-adventure series, The Keys to the Kingdom, following the best-selling Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday.Arthur Penhaligon has a broken leg and a bad attack of asthma, but there's no time for recovery.
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Classical in form, epic, relentless and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Garth Nix
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Turtleback Books, Bt Bound
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9780807217320
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“"What time is it?" Arthur asked after the nurse had left, wheeling away the drip he didn't need anymore.”
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