The secret of platform 13

Eva Ibbotson Yi bo sen Jiang shu qin First published 1994

About this book

Odge Gribble, a young hag, joins an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a journey from their magical island kingdom to London through a tunnel which opens every nine years for nine days, to try and rescue the young prince who had been stolen as an infant nine years before.

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • fairy tales
  • fantasy fiction
  • fiction
  • imaginary places
  • juvenile fiction
  • kidnapping
  • large type books
  • magic
  • princes
  • quests (expeditions)
  • wizards