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Celandine
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Celandine Paperback - 2009

by Steve Augarde

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*She reached up to turn the brass door handle of the second-class carriage, and felt that this time she would suceed, that the sunshine train would take her away from all that was hateful and bring her safely home, at last, to her friends.* The year is 1915, Britain is at war, and life for Celandine has become unbearable. Bullied at boarding school, where she is accused of being a witch, and haunted by the loss of her brother, Celandine runs away to a place known only to her: the secret world of the little people. But her existence among the Various is no less dangerous than the one she left behind, for the little people are also at war, and Celandine is in the line of fire...

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Now available in paperback with gorgeous new cover art!

Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood near her home, little does she think she will encounter a world where loyalty and independence is fiercely guarded, and where danger lurks in the most unlikely of places. Celandine's troubled character finds both refuge and purpose among the secret tribes of little people that she alone believes in.

The novels of the Various trilogy are full of mystery, beauty and adventure; this second novel is both page-turning and life-affirming.

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  • Title Celandine
  • Author Steve Augarde
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 486
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yearling Books
  • Publication date June 9, 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780440422167 / 0440422167
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.3 in (18.80 x 12.95 x 3.30 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 890
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fairies, Self-acceptance
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Praise for the Various:
"A marvelous blend of old-fashioned storytelling, the book has a freshness and immediacy that will intrigue fantasy lovers of all ages."--VOYA
"A rousing addition to the durable genre of British fairy lit."--The New York Times Book Review
"Augarde unfolds the events gradually, allowing readers to luxuriate in the near-idyllic setting he has created and beckoning them back for future installments."--Publishers Weekly


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About the author

Steve Augarde has worked as an illustrator, a paper engineer, and a semipro jazz musician. He has written and illustrated more than seventy picture books for younger children, and has produced the paper engineering for many pop-up books--including those by other artists--as well as providing the artwork and music for two animated BBC television series. He lives in Yorkshire, England.
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