Author:Linda Chapman
Most of the time, Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world . . .
Lauren's nervous about starting a new school and making new friends but then she meets pony-crazy Mel! Mel's pony Shadow is terrified of making jumps and with the next meet only a week away, Lauren is desperate to help Shadow overcome his fear and make her new friend's dreams can true. Can Twilight's magical powers help Shadow to be brave?
This action-packed sequel is sure to delight
—— BooklistA successful blend of mystery, adventure, and suspense, with a sizable cast of characters, in a wholly satisfying sequel that easily stands alone
—— School Library journalLots of action and quirky humor will lead kids to do just what libraries encourage them to do: keep reading
—— Washington Post... everything gets very funny
—— Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening ChronicleAdventure, magic and the usual dark, dry humour will keep you entertained from start to finish
—— Stoke on Trent SentinelThere are entertaining twists, humorous moments, and just enough romance to leave everyone happy at the end of the book
—— Nayu's Reading Corner: http://nayusreadingcorner.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-shall-wear-midnight-by-terry.htmla must for all Pratchett fans
—— Mansfield ChadHigh-octane adventure accompanies ingenious plotting during Lyra’s extended journey in a canoe down a dangerously flooded Thames
—— The TimesThe first instalment of The Book of Dust is an utter joy. It is also generous, frightening, thrilling, clever and ingenious
—— ScotsmanIs there a richer, more complex conceit in modern fiction than Pullman’s daemons – animal companions that are both a projection of yourself and a guide, both soul and guardian angel?
—— Frank Cottrell Boyce , ObserverFull of acute observation. It is also a rich, imagantive, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale . . . You scoot through its 560 pages like a canoe careering along on floodwaters
—— Nicolette Jones , The Sunday TimesBold and brilliant
—— Sunday MirrorFull of Pullman’s trademark imagination, adventure and scientific exploration
—— Sunday ExpressLa Belle Sauvage is a feast of a book
—— StylistPullman’s imagination is so enticing that any new window into it is welcome; and to connect once more with a fictional universe of such great power is a delight . . . I’m certainly eager for the next two parts of this new trilogy; there are, after all, many more worlds to conquer
—— Philip Womack , Financial TimesA thrilling page turner that will fly off the shelves and delight his legion of fans . . . La Belle Sauvage introduces new characters to Pullman’s multiverse but stands equal to his earlier works in its quality of prose, layered world-building and breathtaking mastery of plot
—— Daily ExpressThrillingly entertaining & beautifully written
—— IndependentPullman’s style is lively and physically specific, and the descriptions of the flood and its consequences are brilliantly done . . . Pullman is as a storyteller who wants to persuade us to start attending again to the connections that we have lost the ability to see
—— Rowan Williams , New StatesmanThe Book of Dust feels more earthbound — in the best way — than the earlier trilogy. The cosmic clockwork of “His Dark Materials,” with its multiverses and metaphysics, becomes grounded in this new novel . . . But there is plenty of magic here, too, not just daemons and startling prophecies but witches and spectres, forays into Faerie, and Malcolm’s eerie, migraine-like visions of the aurora borealis. Too few things in our own world are worth a 17-year-wait: The Book of Dust is one of them
—— The Washington PostMuch mythological material is being brewed: a predestined wonderful foundling, a child snatcher, a few treacherously beguiling spectres and perilous fairylands. Pullman’s immense powers of kinaesthetic visualisation keep the story pulsing on an epic scale
—— Marina Warner , GuardianFunny, sad and extremely moving . . . most will likely consider it one of the strongest, and certainly one of the most – possibly the most – moving [of the Discworld novels].
—— Juliette Harrisson , Den of Geek