Verdigris Deep - Frances Hardinge • BookLikes (ISBN:0330441906)

Verdigris Deep

by: Frances Hardinge (author)

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Verdigris n. a blue-green rust that tarnishes ageing and forgotten copper coins, altering them entirely ...One evening, Ryan and his friends steal some coins from a well. Soon after, strange things begin to happen. Peculiar marks burn on Ryan's knuckles and light bulbs mysteriously explode. Then the well witch appears, with her fountains for eyes and gargled demands. From now on the children must serve her -- and the wishes rotting at the bottom of her well. In the tradition of truly fantastic story-telling, VERDIGRIS DEEP is darkly witty, utterly creepy and clever.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780330441902 (0330441906)

ASIN: 0330441906

Publish date: 2008-05-02

Publisher: Pan Childrens

Pages no: 327

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic, Childrens, Adventure, Paranormal, Witches, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Horror, Fiction

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nataliya rated it

12 years ago

http://nataliya.booklikes.com nataliya 5.0 'Verdigris Deep' by Frances Hardinge

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"We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human." This is one of the best books I've read this year, despite it being a children's book. Here, I said it. It has that amazing level of complexity and ambiguity, the brave tackling of difficult questions - friendship, loyalty, and t...

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coffee & ink rated it

13 years ago

http://coffeeandink.booklikes.com coffee & ink 4.0

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Three kids steal coins from a wishing well for bus fare and discover they have received strange powers in order to grant the wishes of the people who dropped the coins.This starts off as a fairly conventional kids-encounter-strangeness adventure -- it reminded me most of early Diana Wynne Jones (Wil...

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