The Green Sky

The Green Sky

The Green Sky

EDWARD SCHWARTZ

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Relatos sobre la escuela (infantil/juvenil)
ISBN:
9780595447626
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After Jack finds a mysterious blank book titled The UnusualAdventures of a Usual Boy named Jack, he’s astonished to seethat his mother’s porcelain figurines have come to life. A littleboy and a little girl want to hear of his adventures, and whenJack opens the book, the pages are suddenly no longer empty.Another planet, blue trees, and little giraffes are just a few ofthe strange things that Jack sees in a series of fantastic trips.Traveling with assistance of the wind, of the wind, which gustseach time he puts on his magic backpack, Jack becomes anambassador to other worlds. Along the way, he meetsLantorek, an elder of strange creaters-protaluxes, whodescribes protaluxes as 'the most perfect creatures among allthe beings living', and his son Maritolek, who doesn’t measurehis age in years; rather, he calls himself a 'nine-rain boy'because rain-a very rare event in his land-has only occurrednine times in his life.But when Jack travels to a planet where he is invisible, hemeets Roco and Rici, twin brothers-clones, who urge him toleave the planet. If anybody finds his magic backpack, all threeboys will be sent underground, perhaps to be trapped forever.Brimming with magic, fantasy, and adventure, The Green Skycelebrates the wondrous joy of imagination.

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