The Cabinet of Earths

Zusatztext "Maya is a fully realized character...and readers will be rooting for her to find her strengths and save the day. This unique fantasy will catch its audience's attention and leave them thinking about time! families! and immortality." Informationen zum Autor Anne Nesbet teaches classes on silent films and Russian novels at UC Berkeley. The author of The Cabinet of Earths and A Box of Gargoyles , she lives near San Francisco with her husband, three daughters, and one irrepressible dog. Klappentext On their first day in Paris, Maya and her little brother, James, find themselves caught up in some very old magic. Houses with bronze salamanders for door handles, statues that look too much like Maya's own worried face, a man wearing sunglasses to hide his radiant purple eyes . . . nothing is what it seems. Zusammenfassung The Cabinet of Earths ! Anne Nesbet's debut novel for tweens! blends fantasy! science! and horror into an irresistible story in the vein of the classic His Dark Materials series. Twelve-year-old Maya is miserable when she has to move from California to Paris. Not speaking French at a school full of snobby French girls is bad enough! but Maya believes there is something sinister going on in her new city. A purple-eyed man follows Maya and her younger brother! James. Statues seem to have Maya's face. And an eerie cabinet filled with mysterious colored bottles calls to her. When James becomes the target of dark forces! Maya decides she must answer the call of the Cabinet of Earths! despite the danger.

Auteur

Anne Nesbet teaches classes on silent films and Russian novels at UC Berkeley. The author of The Cabinet of Earths and A Box of Gargoyles, she lives near San Francisco with her husband, three daughters, and one irrepressible dog.

Texte du rabat

On their first day in Paris, Maya and her little brother, James, find themselves caught up in some very old magic. Houses with bronze salamanders for door handles, statues that look too much like Maya's own worried face, a man wearing sunglasses to hide his radiant purple eyes . . . nothing is what it seems.

Résumé

The Cabinet of Earths, Anne Nesbet’s debut novel for tweens, blends fantasy, science, and horror into an irresistible story in the vein of the classic His Dark Materials series.
 
Twelve-year-old Maya is miserable when she has to move from California to Paris. Not speaking French at a school full of snobby French girls is bad enough, but Maya believes there is something sinister going on in her new city. A purple-eyed man follows Maya and her younger brother, James. Statues seem to have Maya’s face. And an eerie cabinet filled with mysterious colored bottles calls to her.
 
When James becomes the target of dark forces, Maya decides she must answer the call of the Cabinet of Earths, despite the danger.