The Prince of Mist (Hardcover)
| Author: Carlos/ Graves Ruiz Zafon | Translator: Lucia Graves |
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
ISBN-10: 0316044776
ISBN-13: 9780316044776
Sku: 212936951
Publish Date: 5/4/2010
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8.5H x 6L x 0.75T
Pages:
214
Age Range:
16 to 21
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Max and Alicia Carver had never heard of the Prince of Mist. But when the two teenagers relocate with their family to a quiet ocean-side town--and into a haunted house--everything begins to change. Creepy statues in the garden, a box of old films belonging to a family that used to live in the house, nightmares, and strange voices convince the siblings that there is something very wrong. Slowly, with the help of their new friend Roland Max and Alicia begin to connect the dots surrounding the drowning death of a young boy years before--and slowly but frighteningly surely, the Prince of Mist begins to emerge.
Max and Alicia Carver had never heard of the Prince of Mist. But when the two teenagers relocate with their family to a quiet ocean-side town--and into a haunted house--everything begins to change. Creepy statues in the garden, a box of old films belonging to a family that used to live in the house, nightmares, and strange voices convince the siblings that there is something very wrong. Slowly, with the help of their new friend Roland Max and Alicia begin to connect the dots surrounding the drowning death of a young boy years before--and slowly but frighteningly surely, the Prince of Mist begins to emerge.
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The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Book Review
By: Maggie Ball
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 7/26/2010 1:40 AM
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| A lot of young adult books focus on a canny thirteen year old – someone wise, sensitive, and naive coming to terms with the illogical and intense world of adults. As parent to a 13 year old, I understand exactly what the appeal is. It’s a powerful age, with one foot in the world of childhood and one in the world of adults. Sophistication and innocence sit side by side in tenuous balance. Zafon’s hero Max Carver fits the bill perfectly. He’s thoughtful, intelligent, careful, and unsettled. It is June 1943 and Max’s watchmaker father moves the family away from their city home to a beach house on the coast to escape the war. Though Max has been expecting it, the news is shattering, unearthing his sense of security....read the full review | |
Praise
"In gorgeously translated prose, Ruiz Zafón maintains a sweet, believable relationship among the characters when dealing with mundane concerns (a conflict over cleaning out a room full of spiders could be taken from any contemporary family film), but still conveys a sense of adventure and danger. The bittersweet ending suits the theme and setting, offering both hope and tragedy without any pretense of fairness."
04/12/2010
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