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Continues the story of the Twites. On a November evening, 100 years ago, wolves chase a man to a cottage on Blackheath Edge. Penny and Isabett, Is for short, take the fatally wounded man in. The man has been searching for his lost son Arun, but it is discovered that he is the girls' uncle.

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Is by Joan Aiken

Dido's sister, Is, travels north to try and find her lost cousin. But instead of the promised Playland, she discovers an underground kingdom where children work as slaves in the worst conditions imaginable - under the rule of the sinister Gold Kingy...
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.
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ISBN 13 9780099109211
ISBN 10 0099109212
Title Is
Author Joan Aiken
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published 1993-06-17
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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