{"product_id":"impossible-creatures-bk-1-9780593904220b","title":"Impossible Creatures (Bk. 1)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's a place where all the wildest stories began . From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil - before it's too late.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' - Michael Morpurgo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rundell's first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of children's literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ - quite possibly her best yet' - \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder' - Cressida Cowell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824601763920,"sku":"9780593904220B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593904220-l.jpg?v=1785897267","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/impossible-creatures-bk-1-9780593904220b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}