New York Times bestseller and Printz Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean turns her remarkable talent to tween readers in this hilarious and accessible adventure about a boy on the run from death.
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- HarperCollins/TW
- Carton Qty: 28
- Selling Territory: USOM
- 20,000
- LC: 2009039665
- Subsidiary Rights: UK/Trans/Audio/Dramatic
Text: Adams Literary
- On Sale: 1/19/2010
- Middle Grade Fiction
- Tr 9780061836657 $16.99 (NCR)
- 336 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
- Age: 10 up-; Grades: 5 up
- Model ISBN: 9780060890353
White Darkness, The
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•Promotional placement on harpercollinschildrens.com
•Featured in BookBlast e-newsletter
•School & Library feature at harpercollinschildrens.com and in e-newsletter
Backlist
The Kite Rider
Geraldine McCaughrean
- Hardcover
- 9780066238753
- 6/18/2002
- $16.89 ($22.89 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
- Paperback
- 9780064410915
- 9/23/2003
- $6.99 ( Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
The White Darkness
Geraldine McCaughrean
- Paperback
- 9780060890377
- 12/30/2008
- $8.99 ($9.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
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The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
Geraldine McCaughrean
- Library
- 9780061836664
- 1/19/2010
- $17.89
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"Exuberant prose and whirling humor animate an unforgettable cast of characters. A more whimsical, French cousin to Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (2008), with a similar timelessly classic feel."
- Booklist (starred review)
"Creating vivid characters is just one of McCaughrean's gifts. Readers will root for Pepper to get the ending he deserves-a happy one."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] laugh-out-loud funny, picaresque adventure. McCaughrean's frequently over-the-top metaphors mirror the delightfully implausible plot. [A] poignant, odd, wonderfully composed and vastly entertaining novel."
- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A charming tale. Pepper will capture readers' hearts, and Duchesse may be the most hilarious yet wise character in children's literature this decade. This novel will be savored."
- School Library Journal (starred review)
"[T]horoughly entertaining. It's McCaughrean's way with language that establish[es] this picaresque tale as the latest evidence that she is one of the more remarkable novelists writing for children today."
- The Horn Book
"The Death-Defying Pepper Roux is a thoughtful novel and an entertaining adventure story. McCaughrean once again proves that she is a talented writer with the ability to weave truly enchanting metaphors."
- Assembly on Literature for Adolescents