Nix Garth 1963- creator Garth Nix text cb New York Scholastic 2003 monographic eng

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361 pages : 20 cm 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. 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. 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. The first book of a spellbinding series by Garth Nix, the author of The Seventh Tower, Sabriel, Lirael, and A M 800 Lexile Garth Nix PZ7.N647 823.914 FISK 240424 20240424104354.0 3721 eng