Alexander Key

Mystery of the Sassafras Chair (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the Carolina hills, a friend reaches out from beyond the grave His parents dead, Timor is brought to America to live with his uncle in rural Appalachia. Although half-American, this shy young boy has never lived outside of Indonesia and finds it hard to adjust to life in the mountains. His only friend is Wiley Pendergrass, a mysterious old hermit who sees magic in discarded wood. For Timor, Wiley makes a ladder-back chair out of sassafras-a hard yellow wood with powers that will change Timor's life forever. Accused by a local gem collector of stealing a precious box, Wiley pushes his ancient pickup as hard as he can to escape the police. Screaming around a hairpin mountain turn, he loses control and sails off the side of a cliff. Soon after, the chair begins speaking to Timor in Wiley's voice. His friend may be gone, but with the help of a little Appalachian magic, Timor has a chance to clear Wiley's name.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781497652552
• Artikelnr.: 44325617

Autorenporträt

Alexander Key (1904-1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including Sprockets: A Little Robot, Mystery of the Sassafras Chair,and The Forgotten Door,winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award .Key's novel Escape to Witch Mountainwas adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009.