The Hotel Under the Sand
Appealing to boys and girls alike, this beguiling adventure explores classic fantasy themes from a unique young heroine’s perspective. Nine-year-old Emma loses everything she has in a fearsome storm and finds herself alone in the wilderness of the Dunesan area desolate since the mysterious...
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Appealing to boys and girls alike, this beguiling adventure explores classic fantasy themes from a unique young heroine’s perspective. Nine-year-old Emma loses everything she has in a fearsome storm and finds herself alone in the wilderness of the Dunesan area desolate since the mysterious disappearance of a resort known as the Grand Wenlocke. Finding a friend in Winston, the ghostly bellboy who wanders the Dunes, Emma learns that it has been more than 100 years since the hotel with an unsavory reputation vanished; but, unbeknownst to either of them, the long slumbering resort has just begun to stir. Allying herself with a motley crew of companionsthe ghost bellboy, a kindhearted cook, a pirate with a heart of gold, and the imperious young heir to the Wenlocke fortuneEmma soon learns that things are not always as lost as they seem, especially if you have a brave heart and good friends.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781892391896 (1892391899)
Publish date: July 1st 2009
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
Sometimes storms come up and they destroy the lives we've known. If we're lucky, they wash us up onto a good sandy beach on an island where we can find food, shelter, water, and some new people to befriend. If we're really lucky, they will reveal a magnificent hotel that has a library and a theater ...
Very fun classic fantasy story.
Very fun classic fantasy story.
A beautifully written, bittersweet little book. I’m still puzzling over whether it’s meant to be a children’s book or not, but in the end it’s just good, so I don’t know that it really matters. [Sep. 2010]
14 years ago
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