Nix Garth    1963-  <br/><br/>
Mister monday /  
Garth Nix  
 - New York :   Scholastic,   2003  
 - 361 pages :   20 cm  
 - The keys to the kingdom   Book 1  .
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<br/><br/> Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But then his life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.<br/><br/>Arthur is safe�??but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with bloodstained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back�??even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.<br/><br/>Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house�?? a house that only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key�??and discover his true fate.<br/><br/>The first book of a spellbinding series by Garth Nix, the author of The Seventh Tower, Sabriel, Lirael, and A  
<br/><br/> 800   Lexile  
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.N647  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.914