Abarat

1st ed.

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Author

Clive Barker

Publication

2002 - Joanna Cotler Books, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

97,000 words, Guess

Page Count

388 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archiveabaratbark00bark
ISBN-100060280921
ISBN-139780060280925
LibraryThing2415650
Goodreads673211

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Library of Congress Control Number2002001299
OCLC Control Number49001992
Open LibraryOL23292539M

Description

Candy Quackenbush, a sixteen-year-old girl, is bored with her life and is desperate for something new. She lives in Chickentown, Minnesota, has a drunkard father, and is often made fun of by other kids. One day at school, a strange image enters her head, and she draws it in a textbook. When her teacher notices, she is furious, and Candy has the sudden impulse to simply walk out of school. She wanders around town before coming to a vast field with an old lighthouse, and wonders why there would be a lighthouse where there is no sea for thousands of miles. She soon has her answer. Candy is thrust into the Abarat, a fantastic archipelago of twenty-five islands: one for each hour of the day, plus one extra: the mysterious Time Out of Time. Candy feels as if this place is familiar to her, and makes many friends, but all is not well: Christopher Carrion, Prince of Midnight, is pursuing her. Candy must find her place in this strange new world.

Description

Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed.