Luka and the fire of life
a novel
2011 Random House trade paperback edition
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Author
Publication
2011 - Random House, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
54,500 words, Guess
Page Count
218 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelukafireoflifeno0000rush
- ISBN-100679783474
- ISBN-139780679783473
- OCLC Control Number720168254
- Better World Books9780679783473
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL32122645M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6068.U757 L85 2011
Description
This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Haroun’s younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom. For Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, Luka must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Thus begins a quest replete with unlikely creatures, strange alliances, and seemingly insurmountable challenges as Luka and an assortment of enchanted companions race through peril after peril, pass through the land of the Badly Behaved Gods, and reach the Fire itself, where Luka’s fate, and that of his father, will be decided. Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, *Luka and the Fire of Life* is a book of wonders for all ages.
Description
When his storyteller father falls into a sleep so deep that no-one can rouse him, a twelve-year-old boy must undertake a dangerous quest through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life and save his father.
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Series Statement
- Khalifa Brothers -- 2
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