Abarat
by Clive Barker
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Author: Clive BarkerIllustrator: Clive Barker
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN: 0060596376
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: Stunning introduction to a new world
Summary: 5 Stars
Candy Quackenbush is unhappy on the rolling plains of Chickentown Minnesota. Then a sea washes up in front of her and the master criminal John Mischief and his seven brothers draw her into a nascent war between Day and Night among the 25 islands of Abarat. Candy is washed into a realm where Christopher Carrion plots the unification of the destructive forces of Abarat under his leadership and an eternal Night without Day. Abarat, where each island is a different hour of the day, except for the mysterious Twent-fifth Hour.
Abarat is a world of infinite variety, diverse races, and impending war that will marshall magic, technology, beasts, and peoples to choose between a balance of Day and Night, and one unending Night. At the center of this struggle is Candy Quackenbush. She doesn't understand why she's the center of this, or why Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, is determined to find her.
Abarat is an incredibly rich and detailed world, with characters who have both depth and color. Endless and diverse, Clive Barker has created and illustrated a fantastic world that begs to be toured.
Not for the faint of heart, Abarat has disturbing imagery and themes, violence and cruelty. But it also has compassion, hope, and beauty.
You'll usually find this in the Teens or Independent Readers sections, but it may be too intense for some younger readers, and has subtlety and depth to appeal to a much broader audience.
An outstanding beginning to a voyage through an incredible new Day and Night.
E. M. Van Court
Summary of Abarat
A journey beyond imagination
is about to unfold. . . .
is about to unfold. . . .
It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold.
When the answer comes, it's not one she expects.
Welcome to the Abarat.
In Abarat, accomplished novelist and artist Clive Barker turns his considerable talents to creating a rich fantasy world for young adults.
Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota, yearning for more--which she finds, quite unexpectedly, when a man with eight heads appears from nowhere in the middle of the prairie, being chased by something really monstrous. And so begins Candy's epic adventure to the islands of the Abarat. Peopled by all manner of creatures, cultures, and customs, the islands should prove a fertile setting for the series that Barker is calling The Books of Abarat. Candy is an intelligent and likable heroine, and the many supporting characters are deftly drawn, both in words and in the full-color interior art that Barker has produced to give the story an extra dimension.
Abarat delivers the rich and imaginative storytelling that Barker is known for, with less overt horror or violence than one of his adult novels might include. However, Candy's path isn't an easy one, and young adult readers should appreciate the hard choices she must make along the way. --Roz Genessee
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