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James Norcliffe

    James Norcliffe je uznávaný básník a autor pěti románů pro mladé dospělé. Jeho díla se často zabývají složitými vztahy a vnitřním světem postav, přičemž se vyznačují pronikavým vhledem a poetickým jazykem. Norcliffeův styl je sugestivní a evokativní, často se noří do témat identity a hledání smyslu.

    The Enchanted Flute
    The Boy who Could Fly
    • The Enchanted Flute

      • 368 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Believable fantasy novel by an award-winning author for 8 to 12-year-olds - grounded in the here and now and charged with a dangerous, menacing edge. A flute that will only play one mysterious song? A strange old man in a wheel chair somehow rejuvenated by this music? A leap from a window into a strange and often frightening world where nobody can be trusted and from which there seems to be no escape? NZ Post Children's Book Award-winning author James Norcliffe's The Enchanted Flute sweeps Becky Pym and Johnny Cadman from the realities of modern day school and the suburbs into an ancient Arcadian world where an old battle is about to be reignited. The flute Becky's mother bought at a pawn shop proves to be a catalyst, a prize all forces seek. Lost, pursued, Becky and Johnny are swept along by events out of their control until the final confrontation between ancient enemies.

      The Enchanted Flute2012
      3,5
    • The Boy who Could Fly

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Having grown up in a miserable home for abandoned children, a young boy jumps at the chance to exchange places with the mysterious, flying "loblolly boy," but once he takes on this new identity, he discovers what a harsh price he must pay.

      The Boy who Could Fly2010
      3,8