The Secret of Platform 13
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Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen’s son who had been stolen as an infant.
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Eva Ibbotson, born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner (1925-2010), was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children’s books. Some of her novels for adults have been successfully reissued for the young adult market in recent years. For the historical novel Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan, 2001), she won the Smarties Prize in category 9-11 years, garnered unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and made the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Award, and Blue Peter Book Award shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was one of eight books on the longlist for the same award in 2012.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780141302867
- Publication Date
- January 1, 1999
- Publisher
- Viking Books For Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- March 25, 1994
- Page Count
- 231
- Words Per Page
- 199
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 97044601
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 45163006
- Lexile® Level
- 910L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~V
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 7
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 21572
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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