The Book of Dead Days

The Book of Dead Days - Paperback

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The Book of Dead Days - Paperback

The Book of Dead Days - Paperback

by Marcus Sedgwick
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Book Overview

by Marcus Sedgwick (Author)

THE DAYS BETWEEN Christmas and New Year's Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A magician called Valerian must save his own life within those few days or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant, Boy, a child with no name and no past. The quick-witted orphan girl, Willow, is with them as they dig in death fields at midnight, and as they are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape.

Praise for The Book of Dead Days

"Beautifully paced and sometimes blood-soaked. . . . A very tangible sense of evil."--The Guardian

"Subtle menace and power."--The Independent

"Packed with drama, mystery, and intrigue."--The Bookseller

Front Jacket

The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A lot can happen in the dead days. A magician called Valerian must save his own life within those few days, or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant Boy, a child with no name and no past. The quick-witted orphan girl Willow is with them as they dig in death-fields at midnight, and are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape.

Author Biography

Marcus Sedgwick is the award-winning author of Floodland, Witch Hill, and The Dark Horse. The author lives in Sussex, England.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.78 x 8 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: April 11, 2006
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Book of Dead Days
Interest Level: Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 9
ISBN9780385747042
Author Marcus Sedgwick
PublisherRh Childrens Books
GenreYoung adult and Family
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Young Adult Fantasy Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Horror Young Adults

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Marcus Sedgwick has always been fascinated with spirals, which occur throughout nature from the microscopic to the interstellar. Fundamentally elegant and mesmerizing, many cultures and individuals have ascribed a special meaning to the form. He is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for young adults, including She Is Not Invisible, Midwinterblood, which won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award, White Crow, and Revolver, a Printz Award Honor Book. He lives near Cambridge, England.

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