HATCHING MAGIC

Downer, Ann

ISBN 10: 0689834004 / ISBN 13: 9780689834004

Published by Atheneum, New York, 2003

About this Item

Uncommon signed first printing of Downer's fourth book, a charming middle-grade fantasy with time-traveling dragons. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter blue cloth with pale green boards. Taupe endpapers. In original unclipped ($16.95) dust jacket designed by Russell Gordon and illustrated by Omar Rayyan. 242 pages. Signed by Downer on title page.

Seller Inventory # 48198

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HATCHING MAGIC
• Publisher: Atheneum, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689834004
• ISBN 13: 9780689834004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition (stated).
• Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • YA

About this title

Synopsis

Poor Theodora Oglethorpe! Her biologist father has gone off to explore the jungles of Laos without her, her two best friends are away on vacation, and a long, hot, lonely Boston summer is all she has to look forward to.

Poor Gideon! Wycca, his pet wyvern, has disappeared through a magic hole in time in search of a place to lay her egg. Kobold, Gideon's rival wizard, wants nothing more than to capture Wycca and turn her against her master. In a desperate attempt to rescue Wycca from Kobold's evil clutches, Gideon follows her through the magic hole...and finds himself transported from his castle in thirteenth-century England to the terrifyingly modern world of Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 2002.

Little does Gideon know that what he needs most in order to find his wyvern is stuck to the bottom of Theodora's shoe. And little does Theodora know that Gideon is the reason why her summer vacation has begun to seem a whole lot more interesting...

About the Author

Ann Downer grew up in Manila and Bangkok in the late 1960's and read many mysteries...until she discovered the rich and wonderful world of fantasy.

Returning to her native Virginia, she began to spend afternoons at the local library reading all the fantasy she could get her hands on. Soon she was inspired to begin a fantasy novel of her own, and so began her career as a fantasy author. She has written The Spellkey, The Glass Salamander, and The Books of the Keepers.

Ms. Downer combines her writing with a full-time career as a science editor at a university press. She lives with her husband, their son, and a large marmalade cat in Somerville, Massachusetts.