DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Steps up the Chimney

William Corlett author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:23rd Oct '12

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Steps up the Chimney cover

Book One of the Magician's House Quartet. Welcome to Golden House, where past meets present, and Magic and Fantasy dwell within.

William, Mary and Alice Constant have come to spend Christmas with their uncle as their parents are working abroad. There are powerful forces at work, calling to the children from across the centuries; forces that pull them up the hidden steps in the chimney to the secret room where the magician lives.William, Mary and Alice Constant have come to spend Christmas with their uncle as their parents are working abroad. Little by little, they discover that things in this remote old house are not quite what they seem. There are powerful forces at work, calling to the children from across the centuries; forces that pull them up the hidden steps in the chimney to the secret room where the magician lives.

A remarkable magical fantasy * The Sunday Times *
One of the best-written and most exciting series of novels for young readers * Good Housekeeping *
A gripping and addictive first book in series of four. William Corbett empowers his characters and creates an atmosphere which is sure to thrill readers who enjoy fantasy titles * Through the Looking Glass *

ISBN: 9781849417969

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 192g

272 pages