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y separately published work icon The Book of Days single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Book of Days
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'Most people believe the best way to forget someone is to throw them down a well. Or lock them in a room with eight keys, or bury them at a crossroad in the thirteenth hour. But they're wrong. The best way to forget someone is for them never to have existed in the first place.

'When sixteen-year-old Tuesday wakes from sleep for the first time, she opens her eyes to a world filled with wonder - and peril. Left only with a letter from the person she once was, Tuesday sets out to discover her past with the help of her charming and self-serving guide, Quintalion.

'Along the way she runs into mercenaries, flying cities, airships, and a blind librarian. But what is her connection with the mysterious Book of Days - a book that holds untold power...' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Steampunk Note: This work engages some of the prominent images and tropes of steampunk fiction, including airships and flying cities, in a setting of fantastical adventure.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2014 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 392p.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 September 2014
      ISBN: 9781742614175 (paperback)

Works about this Work

[Untitled] Scott Moore , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of The Book of Days K. A. Barker , 2014 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Scott Moore , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of The Book of Days K. A. Barker , 2014 single work children's fiction
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