The Left Handed Booksellers Of London (#1 Old World Police Tpb)

Author: Garth Nix

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  • : $24.99 AUD
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  • : 9781760631246
  • : Allen & Unwin
  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : August 2019
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  • : 24.99
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  • : July 2023
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  • : Garth Nix
  • : Old World Police
  • : Paperback
  • : 2010
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  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : very good
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  • : 384
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Barcode 9781760631246
9781760631246

Description

From the bestselling author of Angel Mage, this new fantasy adventure set in 1980s London follows one girl's quest to find her father, leading her to a secret society of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World when it disastrously intrudes into the modern world. Eighteen-year-old art student Susan Arkshaw arrives in London in search of her father. But before she can question crime boss Frank Thringley he's turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin. Merlin is one of the youngest members of a secret society of booksellers with magical powers who police the mythic Old World wherever it impinges on the New World - in addition to running several bookshops, of course! Merlin also has a quest of his own: to find the Old World entity who arranged the murder of his mother. Their investigations attract attention from enemies of the Old and New Worlds. Soon they become involved in an even more urgent task to recover the grail that is the source of the left-handed booksellers' power, before it is used to destroy the booksellers and rouse the hordes of the mythic past. As the search for the grail becomes strangely intertwined with both their quests, they start to wonder... Is Susan's long-lost father a bookseller, or something altogether more mysterious?

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Awards

Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+) 2021 Shortlisted for the ABA Kid's Reading Guide Booksellers' Choice - Children's Book of the Year 2021 Shortlisted for the Indie Young Adult’s Book Award 2021