Fergus Crane Award-winning by Paul Stewart (author) and Chris Riddell (illustrator) (UK edition)

Fergus Crane has a pretty normal life, going to lessons on the school ship Betty Jeanne and helping his mum in the bakery. But when a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home, Fergus is whisked off into a daring adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse, which Fergus must ride far away, on a quest to save his long-lost uncle! And soon Fergus finds out that his teachers are actually pirates! Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates from the fearsome Fire Island? And what else will Fergus find there?

Winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award in 2004

By the bestselling creators of the Edge Chronicles

A tour-de-force of magic, humour and quirky action

Chris Riddell was Children’s Laureate for 2015-2017

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780440866541

Publisher

Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)

Date published

April 7th, 2005

Lexile measure

890L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.6; Middle years; 4.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell is a writer, artist and political cartoonist for the Observer. His children’s titles include the Goth Girl and Ottoline books, the Muddle Earth series, written with Paul Stewart and picture books for younger children. He has also collaborated with Neil Gaiman on books like the brilliant Fortunately, the Milk.

Chris has won many of the top children’s book prizes, including a Smarties Gold Award and the rare honour of two Kate Greenaway medals. He was recently named the 2015-2017 Children’s Laureate.