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The Silver Arrow, Lev Grossman ; interior illustrations by Tracy Bishop ; cover art by Brandon Dorman - (pbk.)

Kate wasn't expecting much when she wrote to her wealthy estranged uncle to ask for a birthday present. Certainly she wasn't expecting a colossal steam train called the Silver Arrow to arrive on her doorstep.Despite parental misgivings, curiosity overwhelms Kate and her brother Tom and they climb aboard, only for the train's engine to roar into life. Soon they reach a train station where an assortment of strange and beautiful creatures are waiting with tickets in their mouths, and Kate and Tom begin to understand that their job will be to see them safely home, if they can

9781526629418

258 pages, illustrations, 20 cm.

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