Eight Days of Luke
Author(s): Diana Wynne Jones
There seemed nothing odd about Luke to begin with - except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes, that is! David wasn't sure. "Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you," says Luke. David thinks he's joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke appears immediately. But David's new friend seems to have some extraordinary friends and relations, and some very dark secrets. And when David enters into a bargain with the mysterious one-eyed Mr Wedding, life gets very hot indeed!
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"...Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones's most outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears..." Publishers Weekly
Diana Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and has been writing fantasy novels for children since 1973. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she has been enthralling children and adults with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. She is married with three sons, and lives in Bristol with her husband.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers
- : HarperCollins Children's Books
- : 0.198
- : 01 February 2011
- : 197mm X 130mm X 11mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Diana Wynne Jones
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 9-11
- : 208
- : black & white illustrations