ID | 009668 |
Call Number | FIC/ALR |
Title Proper | Promised one |
Language | ENG |
Author | Alric, David |
Edition Statement | 2007 |
Publication | London, Faber and Faber Limited, 2004. |
Description | xii, 404p Green Spine |
Note | Richard Bonaventure, a scientific explorer, is lost in the South American jungle and is trapped in an unknown crater. His family has no idea of his fate and, to make matters worse, his eleven-year-old daughter, Lucy, has a serious road accident. As she recovers from surgery she finds that she can now speak to animals and is astonished to learn that she is the Promised One - someone the animals have been expecting for countless generations and who will correct the harm done to them by mankind since the dawn of history. Lucy gradually realizes that she is also destined to save the human race and the entire planet. |
Standard Number | 9780571234844 |
Price. Qualification | £6.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | FIC |
Key Words | Animals - Fiction ; IGCSE ; Children's Stories ; Adventure fiction ; Human - animal communication - Fiction ; Fantasy fiction ; Lexile 1140L |