The children's book
(2009)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
FICTION/BYATT,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
675 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307272096, 0307272095
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum--a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales--she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends--a world that conceals more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined and that will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces