The Wizards of Once

基本信息

Series:The Wizards of Once

Format:Paperback / softback 480 pages

Publisher:Hachette Children's Group

Imprint:Hodder Children's Books

ISBN:9781444936728

Published:3 May 2018

Weight:416g

Dimensions:194 x 132 x 37 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

畅销的系列丛书包括:水石儿童奖得主、《驯龙高手》(How To Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell)的作者葛蕾熙达·柯维尔(Cressida Cowell)

这是一个年轻的男巫师和年轻的女战士的故事，他们自出生以来就被教导要像毒药一样互相仇恨;以及两个世界碰撞时发生的惊险故事。

非常适合喜欢幻想冒险的男孩和女孩……

有一种魔法，魔法就住在黑暗的森林里。直到勇士们到来…

Xar是一个没有魔法的巫师，为了得到它，他会做任何事情。Wish是一个女战士，但她拥有一个被禁止的魔法物品，她会做任何事情来隐藏它。

在这场旋风般的冒险中，Xar和Wish必须忘记他们之间的分歧，如果他们想要在勇士堡的地牢中成功的话。

沉睡了几百年的东西正在苏醒……

From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites.

#1 Sunday Times Bestseller

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide.

Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure...

Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came...

Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it.

In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort.

Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...

作者简介

葛蕾熙达·柯维尔，毕业于牛津大学，并于中央圣马丁艺术设计学院修习绘画。英国著名童书作家、插画家，作品的插画及文字皆是她自己所绘製。其作品曾荣获英国历史最为悠久的「小聪明童书奖」。她相信龙是存在的，幼年时就利用假期在苏格兰西海岸的小岛上搜寻龙的踪迹。

Cressida Cowell is currently the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019 - 2021). She is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.

The Wizards of Once series has been translated into 37 languages and has been signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.

Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize.