The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Name: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780099572879
Price: 11.89 EUR
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English

By (author): Joan Aiken

Can you go a little faster? Can you run?

Long ago, at a time in history that never happened, England was overrun with wolves. But as Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia discover, real danger often lies closer to home. Their new governess, Miss Slighcarp, doesn't seem at all nice. She shuts Bonnie in a cupboard, fires the faithful servants and sends the cousins far away from Willoughby Chase to a place they will never be found. Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches?

BACKSTORY: Find out a few things you didn't know about wolves and learn all about the wonderful world of the author.

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Weight: 172g
Dimensions: 129 x 188mm
Publication Date: 02 Aug 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Age Group: Ages 9-11
ISBN13: 9780099572879

About Joan Aiken

Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken; her sister Jane Aiken Hodge is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself Joan had a variety of jobs including working for the BBC the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel The Kingdom of the Cave was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig writing in The Times said 'She was a consummate story-teller one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title published in 1962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain.Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.