Temora and the wordsnatcher / Kate Gordon.
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TextSeries: The wordspinner chronicles ; 1.Publisher: Durack, QLD : Wombat Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 306 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781761110122 (pbk.); 1761110128Subject(s): Magic -- Juvenile fiction | Wishes -- Juvenile fiction | Books -- Juvenile fiction | Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction | Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Action and adventure fiction. Summary: Temora and the Wordsnatcher is a book of magic and adventure, self-discovery and the true power of words. It is peopled by children who are discovering their true selves and the way they fit in the world.Temora Murphy is eleven years old. She lives in an immaculate house, with a mother who wishes to control and mould her. The only other children she sees are the "shiny" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. Girls who call her "Puddingface". Temora wants more. Temora loves reading, books about adventure and magic. She finds these books in a black pearl box at the bottom of the garden, beneath the Bloodwood tree. She does not know how they come to be there or who sends them, and every time she thinks too hard about it, some strange impulse in her mind compels her to stop.The books help her to escape. But only so much. Then, at a party for her twelfth birthday, Temora Murphy makes another wish. And with that wish, Temora Tempest's life alters forever.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF GOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111086209010 |
For ages from 10 years.
Temora and the Wordsnatcher is a book of magic and adventure, self-discovery and the true power of words. It is peopled by children who are discovering their true selves and the way they fit in the world.Temora Murphy is eleven years old. She lives in an immaculate house, with a mother who wishes to control and mould her. The only other children she sees are the "shiny" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. Girls who call her "Puddingface". Temora wants more. Temora loves reading, books about adventure and magic. She finds these books in a black pearl box at the bottom of the garden, beneath the Bloodwood tree. She does not know how they come to be there or who sends them, and every time she thinks too hard about it, some strange impulse in her mind compels her to stop.The books help her to escape. But only so much. Then, at a party for her twelfth birthday, Temora Murphy makes another wish. And with that wish, Temora Tempest's life alters forever.
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