Dragons of Darkness
Author(s): Michaelis, Antonia
From the author of "Tiger Moon" comes this captivating adventure and coming-of-age story about brotherhood and friendship. This is the fantastical tale of the invisible prince Jumar who sets out to free his country, Nepal, from rebels, intertwined with the story of Christopher, a shy boy from Germany who is magically transported there to search for his brother, apparently kidnapped by the same rebels. Together Jumar and Christopher begin a dangerous journey through the wilderness of Nepal that turns into a journey of initiation. Fighting the beautiful but deadly dragons that beset the country, the two boys learn that in order to change the world they need to change themselves first.
Product Information
Antonia Michaelis has lived and taught in India. She is the author of several award-winning books published in her native Germany, where she now resides. Anthea Bell is the translator of Cornelia Funke's bestselling Inkheart books. Her work has won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in Cambridge, Great Britain.
General Fields
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- : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- : 0.658
- : 25 December 2009
- : 210x140mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Michaelis, Antonia
- : Hardback
- : 464
