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Reckless II: Living Shadows
Series: The Mirrorworld Series
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Ideal for children who enjoy fantasy adventures filled with magic, mystery and heroic quests.
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See moreJacob Reckless's shadowy adventures continue in the second volume of Cornelia Funke's spellbinding 'Mirrorworld' series
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Jacob has paid a high price for saving his brother's life: soon the moth on his breast, a sign of the fairies' curse, will unfasten herself to fly back to her mistress, and Jacob will be condemned to death. A race against time begins, as he embarks on a hunt for a dead king's head and his magical weapon, which may be his only hope.
Once again Jacob joins forces with the beautiful shape-shifter Fox, who makes him realise that he may be fighting for more than his life...
Series: The Mirrorworld Series
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Reckless II: Living Shadows
Jacob has paid a high price for saving his brother's life: soon the moth on his breast, a sign of the fairies' curse, will unfasten herself to fly back to her mistress, and Jacob will be condemned to death. A race against time begins, as he embarks on a hunt for a dead king's head and his magical weapon, which...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Sunday Times: A wonderful storyteller.
The School Librarian: A superb series, intriguing and mesmerising in the telling.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781782691259
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 September 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Oliver Latsch
- Translated by Oliver Latsch
Audience: Children, Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages.
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