By Eva Ibbotson (author)
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A beautiful new cover edition of this enthralling adventure set in turn-of-the-century Vienna. From the author of the bestselling Journey to the River Sea.
***Eva's son, Toby Ibbotson, is now continuing the tradition of storytelling with his debut novel Mountwood School for Ghosts which is based on an original idea by Eva Ibbotson.
In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there, but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her.
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And sure enough, one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door. After years of guilt and searching, Annika's mother has come to claim her daughter, who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat whose true home is a great castle. But at crumbling, spooky Spittal Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family ...
'Packed with wit and adventure' - The Times
Born in Vienna, Eva Ibbotson came to England as a small girl. She spent much of her adult life in Newcastle upon Tyne. When her husband was alive he bred snails in the garage; they also kept fish and had a small and very hairy dog. Eva had four grown-up children and seven grandchildren. She wrote for both adults and children. Which Witch was runner-up for the Carnegie Medal and The Secret of Platform 13 was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize. Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, was runner-up for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Fiction Award, and was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Eva's books for older readers (12+) include: The Morning Gift , A Song for Summer , The Secret Countess , A Company of Swans and Magic Flutes . Her books for younger readers (9+) include: The Dragonfly Pool , Journey to the River Sea and The Star of Kazan.
And for even younger readers (7+): Which Witch , Dial a Ghost , Not just a Witch , Monster Mission , The Beasts of Clawstone Castle , The secret of Platform 13 , The Great Ghost rescue and The Haunting of Hiram .
Eva's final novel that she completed prior to her death at the age of 85 in 2010 is called One Dog and his Boy .
Eva Ibbotson on writing: "I started to scribble stories when I was about seven years old and I just carried on so I became a writer gradually. I didn't try to get anything published until I was quite grown-up. I write at my mother's old desk, looking out on to a leafy street, and I rewrite what I have written again and again until I get the words the way I want them (most of my pages have been through eight drafts or so). It's my belief that one should be in the same place each day, so that if an idea is hovering it knows where to find you. Ideas can come from places one has seen or conversations one has overheard - or just from nowhere! Being an author can be lonely, difficult and frustrating, but there is nothing else I'd rather be."
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In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Star of Kazan and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Star of Kazan features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Historical Fiction, Horror & Ghost Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Star of Kazan was written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Star of Kazan has 383 pages
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