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The Book of Lies

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A spectacular fantasy adventure, where three children, led by Marcel, battle against the Book of Lies to find their true identities.

What is the Book of Lies? It is a collection of all the lies ever told...If you open the Book and tell a lie the Book has not heard, it will add it to its collection.

If you tell the Book a lie it has heard before, it will speak the lie out loud.

If the Book speaks a lie over and over, it will convince you it is the truth, so a lie and the truth become one...In the dead of night, an unconscious boy is brought to an orphanage.

All traces of anything that could identify the boy are removed, including the gold ring he wears, engraved with the name Marcel.

A book is placed in front of the boy and opened. But this is no ordinary book -- it is the Book of Lies.

A powerful magic user, Lord Alwyn, uses the lies the Book contains to erase Marcel's former life, and give him a new identity.

But there is someone else in the room, someone who fills Marcel's ears with wax to prevent him absorbing the lies flowing from the Book.For Marcel is not the only orphan who has had his identity changed by the Book of Lies, and he is soon thrown into an adventure that will see him encounter wolves, a flying horse, elves, a usurper king and his army and enchanted prisons.

But the final battle will be with the Book of Lies itself, as only it can provide Marcel with his true identity.

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Product Details
HarperCollins
0007140797 / 9780007140794
Paperback / softback
823.914
02/08/2004
United Kingdom
English
396 p.
20 cm
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Global acquisition by HarperAus, HarperUS and HarperUK. James Moloney is a prize-winning Australian author -- he won the Australian Children's book of the Year award in 1996 for his title for younger readers Swashbuckler and again in 1997 for his young adult novel A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove. HCAUS publication date: August 2004 HCUS publication date: tbc. Unique concept, new to our Collins list.
Global acquisition by HarperAus, HarperUS and HarperUK. James Moloney is a prize-winning Australian author -- he won the Australian Children's book of the Year award in 1996 for his title for younger readers Swashbuckler and again in 1997 for his young adult novel A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove. HCAUS publication date: August 2004 HCUS publication date: tbc. Unique concept, new to our Collins list. 4KHJ For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, YFC Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), YFH Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), YNX Mysteries, the supernatural, monsters & mythological beings (Children’s/Teenage)