The Twilight Robbery is a fabulous adventure story by award winning author Frances Hardinge. It is a terrific read that will have you on the edge of your seat wanting more and more. It's so well written with characters you can relate to and cliff-hanger after cliff-hanger. Sometimes when you read a book you are pleased that you have read it - this book is in a league of it's own - you will wish you had written it.
Each book is signed, lined, dated, illustrateded and numbered 1 of 1. If you have not started your Hardinge collection yet now is the time to start. Frances is definitely one to watch and this book has star quality written all over it!
Reviews
Publishers' Weekly
"In this exciting book, Hardinge's feisty heroine, Mosca Mye; her con-man companion, Eponymous Clent; and her fierce goose, Saracen, are on the run from the city of Mandelion, where they've helped foment a revolution. They become trapped in the wealthy town of Toll, and Mosca is soon exiled to Toll-by-Night, the very different and dangerous place that the town transforms into after dark. Meanwhile, she and her companions must deal with a complex plot to kidnap the Mayor's universally loved daughter, Beamabeth, while avoiding the dangerous Goshawk, ruler of the deadly Locksmiths, who wants her dead for her activities in Mandelion. Crammed with eccentric, Dickensian characters, unexpected plot turns, and numerous very niche gods and goddesses (such as Goodlady Emberleather, She Who Prevents the Meat from Becoming Chewy and Unwholesome, or Goodman Belubble, He Who Snuffs the Last Candle Before Sleep), Hardinge's world is rich enough to fuel two or three fantasy novels. It's a beautifully written tale, by turns humorous and heartbreaking and a sheer pleasure to read. Ages 10–up."
Canberra Times
Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge, is a delightful fantasy, featuring an orphan girl Mosca, a poet cum con man and a psychotic goose. The trio, on the run, enter the dysfunctional town of Toll and become embroiled in stopping a plot to kidnap the Mayor's beautiful daughter. Twilight Robbery is packed with eccentric Dickensian-type characters and is recounted in a style that is almost Pratchettian. Fantasy humour is in good hands with Hardinge. ~ Colin Steele
Product Description
Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are in trouble. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, the strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, it’s the haunt of rogues and villains. Wherever there’s a plot, there’s sure to be treachery, and wherever there’s treachery, there’s sure to be trouble – and where there’s trouble, Clent, Mosca and the web-footed apocalypse Saracen can’t be far behind. But as past deeds catch up with them and old enemies appear, it looks as if this time there’s no way out . . .
About the Author
Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, by this time a persistent friend had finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of FLY BY NIGHT, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. This is Frances's fourth novel.
Product details
First Edition First Printing
Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (4 Mar 2011)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1405055391
ISBN-13: 978-1405055390
Product Dimensions: 22 x 12.8 x 5 cm
