The son of Robert Arrowsmith, a farmer, he was born at Haydock in 1585 and was. Following in the grand tradition of Roald Dahl's fantastical James and the Giant Peach, Farmer's tale careens from one over-the-top situation to the next laced with dry humor and populated by memorable characters, it is pure delight. Nancy - the home of Benedictine monks fleeing persecution in England. The motley crew stows away on an Africa-bound yacht, but the journey home is fraught with peril, not the least of which are the evil Slopes, a family of demons who have enslaved Jabila, a runaway boy searching for a ""Warm Place"" of his own. She puts his training to work at the horrible Dante's Zoo outside San Francisco, learning to trust her instincts in finding her home (the ""Warm Place""), practicing giraffe magic (disappearing into the background) and, finally, escaping with the help of a smart-mouthed chameleon named Nelson and a Templeton-esque rat named Troll. The Land of the Silver Apples, and The Islands of the Blessed. Fortunately, during the ocean crossing she meets up with Rodentus von Stroheim the Third, a most unusual rat who takes it upon himself to educate her. In the final adventure of Nancy Farmers acclaimed trilogy a malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid is wreaking havoc on Jacks village and its up to him. Nancy Farmer is an internationally bestselling author whose works include The House of.
Ruva, a baby giraffe kidnapped by poachers, despairs of ever again seeing her mother or her home in central Africa. Farmer, whose The Ear, the Eye and the Arm received a 1995 Newbery Honor, confirms her place among the most inventive YA writers of the day with this rollicking tale.
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