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Far Rockaway Charlie Fletcher

Far Rockaway By Charlie Fletcher

Far Rockaway by Charlie Fletcher


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Summary

From the author of the Stoneheart Trilogy comes a compelling new adventure for anyone who believes that every book is magic.

Far Rockaway Summary

Far Rockaway by Charlie Fletcher

Cat Manno and her grandfather Victor made a pact that one day, just for the hell of it, they'd take the subway and stay on the A-train until the very end of the line where the last narrow spit of land runs out into the ocean at Far Rockaway. This isn't that day. On the first page Cat is knocked down by a speeding fire truck whilst crossing 55th St and 3rd Ave in Central Manhattan. She wakes up in a world made from all the books her grandfather used to read to her, peopled by some of the most memorable heroes of classic adventure fiction, brought vividly back to life. Cat must earn their friendship and help as she begins an odyssey and epic quest to find the mythic Castle at the World's End. And the name of that distant, mythic, wave-tumbled fastness? It is, of course, the castle of Far Rockaway ...If you enjoy reading good books; swashbuckling adventures with sword fights and pirates - then Far Rockaway is the book for you. Join Cat as she embarks on the journey of a lifetime ...

Far Rockaway Reviews

Far Rockaway is the most intriguing fantasy story this year with a contemporary, strong young heroine who meets some of classic literature's most compelling characters. This is an adventure of true originality which takes the reader on a journey through love, loss and hope. Genius. -- Janet Smyth - Children's and Education Programme Director, Edinburgh International Book Festival 20110817 Fletcher is known for his ingenious Stoneheart trilogy, in which London's statues come to life. This novel, set in Manhattan, celebrates stories. Teenaged Cat, wearing headphones and checking her phone, steps obliviously off a pavement into the path of a truck; her grandfather is struck, too, as he tries to save her. In a coma in hospital, Cat battles through the adventures based on the books her grandfather gave her: The Last of the Mohicans, Treasure Island and Kidnapped, boyish tales in which, this time, the girl gets a brave part. In the company of Chingachgook, Long John Silver and Alan Breck, she overcomes perils on a quest to reach Far Rockaway - the real and symbolic end of the subway line Cat and her grandfather planned to visit. The message is that story makes the world, and that real girls rescue themselves. A fine book for girls who enjoy fight scenes and boys who are not too squeamish to get past a girl on the cover.Children's Book of the WeekNicolette Jones -- Sunday Times 20110918 An exceptional writer... stunning novel. -- Sunday Telegraph 20111009 Far Rockaway plunges from 21st-century hospital drama to swashbuckling fiction as Cat finds herself in a storybook world... Fletcher is such an exceptional writer. -- The Telegraph 20111010 Hood up, ear plugs in, Cat Manno is knocked over by a fire truck while guiltily googling the plot of The Three Musketeers before her grandfather Victor discovers she hasn't read her birthday present from him. Far Rockaway by Charlie Fletcher (Hodder, GBP12.99) plunges from 21st-century hospital drama to swashbuckling fiction as Cat finds herself in a storybook world, with Chingachgook, Long John Silver and Alan Breck as her sidekicks. Fletcher is such an exceptional writer, his borrowed characters so vividly brought to life, that at no stage do readers feel they are being manipulated into reading the classics. Though that is exactly what they will want to do as soon as they have finished this stunning novel. -- The Telegraph 20111010 A cracking new story. -- Bury Free Press 20111028

About Charlie Fletcher

Charlie Fletcher is a novelist and screenwriter. He is also the curator/creator of the new StoryMachines micro-festival at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Far Rockaway is his fourth novel and combines the big-hearted real world/magical elements of Field of Dreams with the epic swashbuckling of classic adventure novels like The Last of the Mohicans and Treasure Island. It is his love-letter to the books in his childhood that got him hooked to this whole Story thing in the first place.

Additional information

GOR003561118
9780340997321
034099732X
Far Rockaway by Charlie Fletcher
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
20110901
432
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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