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Title | : | Abarat (Abarat #1) |
Author | : | Clive Barker |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 393 pages |
Published | : | September 30th 2003 by Trophy Pr (first published October 1st 2002) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Horror |

Clive Barker
Paperback | Pages: 393 pages Rating: 4.09 | 25133 Users | 1355 Reviews
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Candy lives in Chickentown USA: the most boring place in the world, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future may hold. She is soon to find out: swept out of our world by a giant wave, she finds herself in another place entirely... The Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of the island of Midnight, ruled by Christopher Carrion. Candy has a place in this extraordinary world: she has been brought here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart. Forces older than time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered.Mention Books Concering Abarat (Abarat #1)
Original Title: | Abarat |
ISBN: | 0064407330 (ISBN13: 9780064407335) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Abarat #1 |
Characters: | Candy Francesca Quackenbush, Malingo, Christopher Carrion, Rojo Pixler, Otto Houlihan, Kaspar Wolfswinkel, John Mischief, Bill Quackenbush, Melissa Quackenbush, Samuel Hastrim Klepp the Fifth, Mendelson Shape, Norma Lipnik, Jimothi Tarrie |
Literary Awards: | Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (2002) |
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If you look in my copy of Abarat there is a label in the front that reads "This Book is Donated by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library to Kelcey Soderstrom for the Burbank Public Library Middle School Book Club". So doing a teeny bit of math, I have had this book for at least 13 years. It has survived many purges and a move or two (when most of my books from this book club did not) so that should tell you what you need to know, but here's a drabbley review anyway.I love the experience ofI was nine years old. Me and my parents were going to China and mum had bought me two books to read on the plane. The first one, Lord of the Ring, did not capture my interest at all. Therefore, I only had Abarat left.Although I was sceptical about it, I opened it and started reading.The second day in China and I had finished it. I cried because it was over.Almost six years later, this book and its sequel still has a special place in my heart. I don't know if it's my favourite any longer, but it
**** October 25, 2018...... Rereading a Third time, this time listening to the audiobook****This is the second time I've read this fascinating, imaginative adventure story. It is intensely creative, with characters and a world only the mind of Clive Barker could conjure up.If you'd like to take a journey through an extraordinary world with the bizarre and freakishly curious things that live in it, then this is definitely the book for you.Like Night and Day, this story has a bit of an odd,

At the time I am writing this review, I am in the 1% of those who have given Abarat a 1 out of 5. So, yes, it is safe to say that I am in the minority on this one. This book so wanted to be Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and the Chronicles of Narnia all in one amazing package. Maybe throw in a little Harry Potter for good measure. Unfortunately, I believe the author became so engrossed in creating his world (which is "meh" at best) that he forgot the necessity of plot and
I wanted to like this book. I really did. I've enjoyed everything else I've read by Barker. Alas, not so here. The story revolves around Candy Quackenbush,an adolescent girl who leaves school one day in a huff at her teacher and shortly finds herself transported into the Abarat - another dimension where there are islands in a great sea and every island represents one hour of the day. Plus a 25th mystery island. Here's the thing. I love nostalgia stories where the protagonist is a child or early
Its been a few days and Im still unsure what to think of this novel. Clive Barker is not one of my favorite authors, but when I saw the gorgeous hardcover of Abarat on my brother-in-laws bookshelf, I simply had to pick it up. At first this was only because I couldnt decipher the damn title on the spine. Its done in the Illuminati style:I had a hell of a time figuring out what the title was. I finally found it on Amazon and promptly decided that this is one book that shouldnt be read on the
I think you have to want it to happen to you to open your mouth wide enough to swallow another land of magic, the best friends you'll ever have in your life, maybe you're more special than you realized and the funny feeling there's a movie of you going on is real (um, other people do do that, right?). All the eyes are on you and it's the nightmare that you're naked on the first day of... Oops. It's delicious fear feeling. You're naked and it's the first day of class! Open wiiiiiiiide. But you
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