Battle of the Sun [Paperback]

Jeanette Winterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2009

Jack is the chosen one, the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect the alchemy that will transform London of the 1660s into a golden city. But Jack isn't the kind of boy who will do what he is told by an evil genius, and he is soon involved in an epic and nail-biting adventure featuring dragons, knights and Queen Elizabeth I, as he battles to save London.

Editorial Reviews

Review

PRAISE FOR TANGLEWRECK 'Winterson has a fine ear for children's dialogue and her writing is lucid, pitched perfectly at imaginative young readers' Sunday Telegraph 'An exceptional book: big, ambitious and awash with Winterson's usual inventiveness' Observer 'No one could fail to enjoy the book's exuberance of ideas and wacky charm' Evening Standard

About the Author

Jeanette Winterson's first novel for children, Tanglewreck, was widely admired. Here in her second, readers will once more relish her free-spirited literary inventiveness and style. Jeanette won the Whitbread for her first book Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. She lives in Oxfordshire and travels extensively lecturing about her work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Export ed edition (November 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1408801507
• ISBN-13: 978-1408801505
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,209,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for all ages!, December 21, 2010

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This review is from: The Battle of the Sun (Hardcover)

I'm a huge fan of Jeannette Winterson's novels but was a little hesitant to order this one as its marketed as a children's book, but I took the plunge anyway and sure am glad that I did. Its a wonderful, light read that managed to keep me enthralled to the very end. Check it out if you like Winterson, Ursula Le Guin, or even the Harry Potter series.