Which Way to Anywhere: From the No.1 bestselling author of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: Which Way
Autor Cressida Cowellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mai 2023 – vârsta de la 8 ani
Ne-a atras atenția încă de la primele pagini ritmul alert și plin de suspans al noului univers creat de Cressida Cowell. Which Way to Anywhere nu este doar o aventură fantasy, ci o explorare a dinamicii complexe dintr-o familie numeroasă, unde magia funcționează ca un catalizator pentru reconciliere. Descoperim aici povestea lui K2 O'Hero, un băiat aparent obișnuit care desenează hărți incredibile. Tensiunea crește pe măsură ce cititorul realizează, odată cu protagonistul, că aceste desene nu sunt simple fantezii, ci porți către lumi paralele periculoase, populate de roboți asasini și plante care vânează simțind frica.
Apreciem modul în care autoarea integrează ilustrațiile sale specifice, oferind o experiență de lectură imersivă pentru copiii de peste 8 ani. Stilul narativ este presărat cu dialoguri spumoase între frații vitregi care, deși aflați în conflict permanent, trebuie să învețe să aibă încredere unul în celălalt pentru a-și salva sora răpită. Atmosfera de explorare a unor tărâmuri necunoscute prin intermediul hărților amintește de Mapmaker de Lisa Moore Ramée, dar acolo unde în Mapmaker accentul cade pe descoperirea identității personale prin magie, în Which Way to Anywhere miza este supraviețuirea colectivă și forța legăturilor de familie în fața unor amenințări intergalactice.
Această nouă serie Which Way marchează o evoluție în opera autoarei. Dacă în How to Train Your Dragon am urmărit drumul unui erou neconvențional într-o lume a vikingilor, aici Cressida Cowell extinde orizontul către science-fiction și multi-universuri, păstrând însă tema centrală a copilului subestimat care posedă o putere extraordinară. Este o lectură care combină umorul cu momente de vulnerabilitate emoțională, oferind o perspectivă proaspătă asupra conceptului de eroism cotidian.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1444968211
Pagini: 447
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Hachette Children's Group
Colecția Hodder Children's Books
Seria Which Way
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recomandăm această carte părinților care caută o lectură captivantă ce îmbină aventura clasică cu teme moderne despre familiile mixte. Cititorii câștigă o poveste despre curaj și colaborare, învățând că diferențele dintre frați pot deveni puncte forte atunci când sunt folosite pentru un scop comun. Este un punct de plecare excelent pentru o serie ce promite să stimuleze imaginația prin hărți și lumi fantastice detaliate.
Despre autor
Cressida Cowell este o autoare britanică de renume, distinsă cu titlul de „Children's Laureate”, cunoscută la nivel mondial pentru seria How to Train Your Dragon, care a fost adaptată într-o franciză cinematografică de succes. Absolventă de literatură engleză și design grafic, Cowell își ilustrează singură majoritatea lucrărilor, oferind textului o identitate vizuală unică. De la poveștile pentru cei mici, precum Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Halloween, până la romanele middle-grade complexe, opera sa explorează constant tema curajului și a magiei ascunse în locuri obișnuite.
Descriere
'Wild magic . . . fabulous' Guardian
'thrill-packed, highly imaginative' The Times
'secrets and lies, monsters and magic' Daily Mail
There is no Magic here on Earth. At least, that's what you've been told . . . But in an ordinary-looking house in an ordinary-looking village, live a group of children who are about to uncover a secret.
When 11-year-old K2 O'Hero discovers he has a Magical gift allowing him and his siblings to travel to alternative worlds (yes, there really are alternative worlds out there), some very weird things start happening. And when someone they love is in danger, the children must set off on a rescue mission to a planet on the other side of the Galaxy . . .
A family with a Magical secret . . .
A child with a powerful Gift . . .
A story that is OUT OF THIS WORLD . . .
WARNING: Contains Dangerous Space Travel and Very Illegal Magic
Recenzii
Wild magic, Cowell's trademark bonkers humour, rich environmentalism and the complexities of family love are woven deftly through the first book in a fabulous new series
'A new Cressida Cowell series lifts the spirits as autumn damp descends...A witty, rip-roaring battle of good and evil, secrets and lies, monsters and magic ensues, illustrated with Cowell's signature black and white sketches, and underpinned by an ecological message. FAB-U-LOUS.
'a pacey, thrill-packed, highly imaginative new series that should pull in the most reluctant readers'
This rollicking story never lets up in energy, inventiveness and...good humour... Cressida Cowell is a genuine one-off.... Started 25 years ago, this story now forms the cornerstone for what looks likely to be yet another wildly popular series still to come.
[T]his thrilling, past-paced adventure will whisk you away on a fascinating journey of imagination.
Embraces the philosophical while also being huge fun. It has laughs, silliness, seriousness, a diverse blended family, a shy boy with a secret gift, an environmental message, magical maps of other worlds, monstrous beasts, a robot assassin, a pacey plot and Cowell's trademark riotous drawings.
Readers are dragged straight into a thrilling adventure story from the very first page with Cressida Cowell's ultra welcoming text and inviting illustrations. They are the kind of illustrations that are beautiful but also super unintimidating, the kind that make kids want to get out a pencil and draw their own pictures. This fits so well with the story, which is at its heart about the power of children's creativity and imagination
'In my opinion, this is the best story the author has written.'
Without a shadow of a doubt, this will be one of the best reads of the year. The story strikes a quirky balance of wild and outrageous storytelling that only great authors can dream up. It is full of brilliant characters, dialogue, and a daring rescue mission with terrible beasts and a robot assassin.... Dream BIG and travel well.
Which Way to Anywhere is such a fun novel...a fun, thrilling many-worlds fantasy with magic and technology and a whole lot of heart.
Toppsta children's reviews:
'We have loved all of Cressida Cowell's books and 'Which way to anywhere' is no exception! I love how the beautiful line drawn illustrations that covered the pages of her Wizards of Once series have continued in her new book as I really feel they give another dimension to the story. If you love adventure stories and magic then you'll love this book! I really hope it is made into a series.' Stjohnsyear6
'Amazing, amazing, amazing!
Two families are thrown together by marriage and, they don't like each other very much. However, a number of strange and wonderful things happen that mean that they have to work together and put their differences aside if they are to save the world.
I loved this book as it was epic and fast paced and crazy... I especially loved the toothbrushes!' 9 year old The-face
'I have always loved Cressida Cowell's books, and this wasn't an exception. It says at the back of the book that it may become a series! I really hope the next one will come out soon and that I can get my hands on it to read. This book is very enthralling adventure story and is just as good as How to Train your Dragon and The Wizards of Once. It is very bad for bedtimes, if you read it at bedtime like I did; you don't notice it getting later and later and you may be very tired the next morning! This book has also got brilliant grey drawings, they make me laugh because they have little features that are similar with the characters in the author's other books. I liked these similarities because I could even link all her book's characters as descendants of each other and all of them fitted together to almost make one story.' Dragonrider age 10
Magical worlds as only Cressida Cowell can. Just like The Wizards of Once series, this first book in the Which Way to Anywhere series is incredibly imaginative while this time linking into normal daily life and family matters with a blended family struggling to get along.
There is also an environmental thread where humans have been the key in driving a beautiful species to near extinction. But they also may have the answer to bring it back to its full potential.
The characters are all quirky in their own way, my favourite being K2 who has always been overshadowed by his loud, feisty twin sister Izzabird. All he wants is to prove himself, and he finally gets an opportunity to do something none of his siblings can - help save their baby sister.
An out of this world, exciting, funny, gripping and magical adventure!
I have missed 'The Wizards of Once' so much since the series ended, and 'Which Way to Anywhere' fills that black hole inside of me where 'Wizards' once occupied. The hallmark Cowellisms are present, with enough creativity to carve its own path in children's literature and make me excited to read more in this world. This is the perfect balance of silly and sentimental, with scenes in the third act worthy of tissues. Characters are alive and imperfect, providing a truly fantastic trajectory of growth and learning that readers will learn and grow from themselves. I can always rely on Cowell's characters to do the impossible, all the while reminding us that we can do the impossible ourselves if we only try.
A truly exciting and fast-paced plot that not even my two kittens could distract me from, the illustrations also fed my imagination. Cressida Cowell's stories are my comfort reads, and 'Which Way to Anywhere' deserves its place in Cowell's iconic bibliography, as it soars just as high as 'How to Train Your Dragon' and enchants us just as much as 'The Wizards of Once'.
The depths of our Children's Laureate's imagination knows no bounds in this action-packed adventure about a boy who can create maps to transport himself into imaginary worlds... With a colourful cast of goodies and baddies, this is an epic start to a new series