The Twistrose Key
Tone Almhjell, Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator),Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Dial
Tone Almhjell, Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator),Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Dial
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780803738959 (0803738951)
ASIN: 803738951
Publish date: October 22nd 2013
Publisher: Dial
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Recently, I read the Twistrose Key, by Tone Almhjell. That's a Norwegian children's books writer. According to a review by a Norwegian girl, the English original wasn't very good. I can't comment on that. I read the Swedish translation. It was good enough that I was taken in. I thought it was a book...
Eleven-year-old Lindelin "Lin" Rosenquist is mourning the death of her pet vole, Rufus, and miserable in her new home away from her best friend and childhood haunts. One dark evening, she receives a mysterious package labelled "Twistrose" with a rose-shaped key inside. She discovers that the key unl...
Did not finish. Stopped at page 138.
As a father I’m always on the hunt for new YA books—whether fantasy, science fiction, or something of the ‘real’ world—that will entrance my boys. I’m looking for something that I would have liked to read at their age, to inspire them to their own ideas and adventures. However, I have an ulterior ...