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BARKER, CLIVE Abarat: Days of Magic Nights of War Book TwoHarperCollins Publishers. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007100450) Hard Cover. Ill.: Barker, Clive. Hardcover UK, first printing and first UK edition. (Preceded by US edition published by Joanna Cotler Books in September, 2004.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Young adult novel. The second volume in a projected quartet, already optioned to Disney for $8 Million. Extensively illustrated throughout with Barker's orignal color paintings. Follows the adventures of the young protagonist Candy Quackenbush from Chickentown through the extravagant oddities of the islands comprising the Abarat archipelago. "[A] handsome, profusely illustrated fantasy that aspires to nothing less than the epic grandeur of the Oz and Narnia books." And "[O]ne of the most colorful, wide-ranging juvenile fantasies of the new millennium." - Bill Sheehan, Locus, November 2002. "Barker gets big points for Candy, an unusually natural and winning heroine." - Elizabeth Devereaux, NY Times Books Review. Award History: Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Work for Younger Readers (to be announced June 25, 2005.) Locus 2004 Recommended Reading List: Young-Adult Books. New/New.
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