Drift House: The First Voyage

Peck, Dale

ISBN 10: 158234969X / ISBN 13: 9781582349695

Published by N.Y.: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005

About this Item

Advance reading copy. Inscribed by Peck to p/o on title page and dated 6/4/05, three months before the hardcover publication. With Drift House postcard laid in. Author's first book for children. 5-1/2 x 7-1/8". 408 pages.

Seller Inventory # 2091

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drift House: The First Voyage
• Publisher: N.Y.: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158234969X
• ISBN 13: 9781582349695
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition, Special Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction
  • Children's

About this title

Synopsis

In the tradition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and A Wrinkle in Time comes the first book in an exciting fantasy series about three siblings' adventures on the high sea―the Sea of Time, that is.
After 9/11, Susan and her younger brothers, Charles and Murray, are sent to live with their uncle Farley in Canada. Uncle Farley's house looks like a ship perched at the edge of the sea, but it's not until a great flood comes that the house's name―Drift House―starts to make sense. Floating aimlessly on the Sea of Time, the ship-like house begins to yield its many secrets―including a mural that seems to predict the future, a dumbwaiter that enables Murray to travel into the future and back again, and a parrot historian who's also a gifted translator. But when a clan of diabolical mermaids trick the children and their uncle into helping them carry out a plan that will stop time forever, it will take all of Susan's ingenuity―along with some help from a great whale, a band of pirates, and a magic carpet―to set things straight.

About the Author

Dale Peck is an acclaimed author of many books for adults as well as a reviewer and critic. This is his first book for young readers. He lives in New York City.