The House of Mountfathom
McDowell, Nigel2017
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There is a house. Surrounded by a high wall. Behind which magic happens. Luke Mountfathom knows he is special and odd. He is told so by everyone he knows. His parents are special and odd too - they are the keepers of the House of Mountfathom, a magnificent stately home where the wrong door could take you to a far away land, and strange animals appear to stalk the grounds at midnight. The house is his home - but it is also the headquarters of the Driochta, a magic-weaving group of poets, artists, politicians, and activists charged with keeping the peace in Ireland. They have many powers - have mastered Mirror-Predicting and Smoke-Summoning and Storm-Breaching - and a final ability: that of Mogrifying; taking on a unique animal form. But Luke's idyllic existence at Mountfathom cannot last.
Main title:
The House of Mountfathom / Nigel McDowell ; with illustrations by Edward Carey.
Author:
McDowell, Nigel, authorCarey, Edward, 1970-, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Hot Key Books, 2017.
Collation:
382 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781471404047 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
1875785
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