By Robin Jarvis (author) , Robin Jarvis (illustrator) Part of the The Deptford Mice Series series
"Epic adventures full of tension and drama and starring a band of very brave mice"
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March 2024 Book of the Month
Bravo to Pushkin Children’s Books for reissuing Robin Jarvis’s thrilling Deptford Mice series. Though first published some years ago, there’s still little to challenge these books for action, adventure, characters to love or sheer excitement.
The Deptford Mice – young Arthur and Audrey, Oswald and their other friends – live happily and peacefully in the skirting boards of an abandoned old house in south London, careful to avoid the Grille that leads into the sewers. The sewers are home to the rats – always hungry for a tender mouse – and it’s rumoured, something even more terrifying.
But the young mice are inexorably drawn into the sewers and there they discover a terrible evil that threatens every one of them. The young mice display extraordinary amounts of courage in scenes that will keep readers on tenterhooks. These heroic mice feel as real as any human character and are just as inspiring. These epic animal fantasy adventures are in a class of their own.
A new edition of the classic children's fantasy adventure set in a magical world of mice and rats in the sewers of Deptford.
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The Deptford Mice live a comfortable life in the skirting boards of an abandoned London house, with no humans or cats to disturb them. But something is lurking deep beneath the city. Something that threatens to destroy their cosy existence for good.
In the dank sewers under the house lives a mysterious being, worshipped by a horde of bloodthirsty rats who cower in its presence...
When a mouse called Albert Brown unwisely ventures down into the sewers one day, he uncovers a terrifying plot to awaken an ancient evil. Soon Albert's family and friends find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives. Summoning all their courage, they must confront treacherous enemies and foul sorcery in a battle to save London and the world from eternal darkness.
Over 60 brand-new illustrations, bringing the world of the Deptford Mice to life.
So wonderfully dark and magical. An absolute classic' - Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones
'Spooky and enthralling animal fantasy just right for Redwall fans... [Jarvis] provides counterpoint to the heart-racing adventure with scenes of haunting beauty' - Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Robin Jarvis's books thrilled me with fear and pushed me to be brave - to fall in love with characters that would live forever in my heart (regardless of where the story took them...) Quite simply: The Deptford Mice framed the way I read every book for the rest of my life'' - Non Pratt, author of Trouble
'A tale of horror and valor, good and evil, leavened with humor' - Booklist
Robin Jarvis is a British children’s author who has entertained (and pleasantly terrified) generations of children with his brilliantly imagined dark fantasy stories, including The Deptford Mice and Whitby Witches series. He studied graphic design in Newcastle and then worked in television and advertising making model monsters and puppets before writing The Dark Portal , the first book in the Deptford Mice series, which was the runner up for the Smarties book prize in 1989.
In 1988, when he was a model maker by profession, Robin Jarvis had just moved to Deptford and was busy working on a huge green model alien for Channel 4! He used to produce sketches of the area and strangely enough, of rodents, and when an editor saw these drawings she asked whether Robin had a story to go with them. Exchanging modelling tools for a pen, Robin produced the result that we know today, and from there his body of children's fantasy adventures began to grow…. Shortlisted in the past for the Carnegie Prize and Smarties Award, Robin has won the Lancashire Libraries Children's Book of the Year Award twice and has a cult following among children. He lives in Greenwich, London.
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A new edition of the classic children's fantasy adventure set in a magical world of mice and rats in the sewers of Deptford. The Deptford Mice live a comfortable life in the skirting boards of an abandoned London house, with no humans or cats to disturb them.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Dark Portal and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
The Dark Portal features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Fantasy / Magical, Horror & Ghost Stories, Star Books, Animal Stories, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Dark Portal was written by Robin Jarvis and published by Pushkin Children's Books
The Dark Portal has 318 pages
Yes it is part of The Deptford Mice Series series
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