The Stolen Lake (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618070213)

Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adventure yet.
Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE.
A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical details: revolving palaces, witches who are also court dressmakers, an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, and an infernal country with a noticeable lack of female children. On her way back to London aboard the British man-of-war Thrush, twelve-year-old Dido Twite finds herself and the crew summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. A neighboring king has stolen the queen's lake and is holding it for ransom, and it's up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back -- or else.

Author: Joan Aiken
ISBN-10: 0618070214
ISBN-13: 9780618070213
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2000
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 4.90w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 23352 / Stolen Lake


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average