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Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children

图书信息

作者Iggulden, Conn
出版社HarperCollins
ISBN9780062106384
出版时间2012-04-17
字数6.8万
分类HarperCollins,进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

These are the first three stories of the Tollins. Yes, they do have wings, but no, they aren't fairies. Tollins are a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word fragile can't really be used to describe them at all. They are about as fragile as a house brick. In "How to Blow Up Tollins" a fireworks factory comes to the village of Chorleywood and the Tollins find themselves being used as industrial supplies. Being blasted into the night sky or spun round on a Catherine wheel is nowhere near a much fun as it sounds. It's up to one young Tollin to save his people from becoming an ingredient. In "Sparkler and the Purple Death" our hero looks execution in the face. Luckily, the executioner's mask in backwards. Finally, in "Windbags and Dark Tollins" Tollin society faces a threat from the Dorset countryside, which, again, is much more frightening and nail-bitingly dramatic than it actually sounds.

目录

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Cast of Characters

Map

Book One: How to Blow Up Tollins

Chapter One: The Year 1922, During the Reign of King George V

Chapter Two: Serious and Determined Men with Beards

Chapter Three: The Vital Importance of Salami

Chapter Four: Talking to Beards

Book Two: Sparkler and the Purple Death

Chapter One: How Amputation Can Be a Blessing

Chapter Two: The High Tollin Makes Things Quite Clear

Chapter Three: No Hope and Nothing to Read, Either

Chapter Four: The Last Place They Would Ever Think to Search

Chapter Five: Tea and Execution

Book Three: Windbags and Dark Tollins

Chapter One: Pure Research and the Problem with Pumps

Chapter Two: Why Roast Beetle Is Always the Right Choice

Chapter Three: High Hopes

Chapter Four: High Tea

Chapter Five: Low Plots and Hot Water

Author’s Note

About the Author and Illustrator

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher