The Midnight Folk
- 282 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
Talking paintings and animals help Kay in his attempt to outwit the witches and locate his great-grandfather's buried treasure.
Kay HarkerSérie
Tato série sleduje mladého outsidera na jeho epické cestě plné kouzel, skrytých pokladů a statečnosti. Postavy ožívají díky magickým prvkům, kde se mluví s obrazy a zvířaty, a čelí temným silám jako jsou čarodějnice. Je to příběh o odvaze, důvtipu a překonávání překážek, který děti i dospělé zavede do světa neuvěřitelné fantazie.
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The box of delights
- 388 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
"Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: "The wolves are running." Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay's friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown's plot, and save Christmas, too"--Publisher's description.
