Rita Wong and the Jade Mask
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Everything with Words
Published:30th Sep '21
Should be back in stock very soon
A fast detective story set in a landscape studded with danger, the unexpected and lots of humour.Themes of friendship, determination and a multi-cultural protagonist. A total fantasy set in a very real world of people without jobs and hope who dare to achieve something. Lester Thyme the dragon is a long-term unemployed with an untapped talent for solving crimes until he meets Rita Wong.
A fast detective thriller set in a landscape studded with danger, the unexpected and lashings of humour. Rita Wong and Lester Thyme are detectives for hire in Neon City where the streets are dark with magic, crime and vampires. Spine-chillingly funny!Rita Wong lives an ordinary life in Morecambe. That's until she pursues a dragon called Lester Thyme into Neon City where the streets are dark with magic. Lester and Rita become detectives for hire. Their first case seems to be about stolen swords, but they soon discover there are much darker forces at work and that there is no one they can trust in a race against times to stop a master criminal from taking over Neon City. A breakneck detective story set in a landscape studded with danger. A fast, spine-chilling thriller that makes you laugh out loud!
'A brilliant cast of fantastical characters' GET KIDS INTO BOOKS 'Hold on to your seat, believe in the powerful magic of the storytelling, and you will be rewarded with a tale full of danger, mystery, subterfuge and lots of humour as this amazing story leads Wong and Thyme and the reader into a world that is enticingly scary and full of mind-bending surprises.' SCHOOL READING LIST 'This breakneck page turner combines classic crime thrillers with plenty of laughs, secretive magic and fantastical characters.' LOVEREADING4KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH 'A classic crime thriller with a twist. Full of funny, fantastical characters and a dark edge, children will love trying to solve the mystery along with Jade and her dragon friend, Lester Thyme.' SCOPE FOR IMAGINATION
ISBN: 9781911427186
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 4mm
Weight: unknown
304 pages