this book is awesome! it is a fable of medevil magic by Avi. when you think about this book you probably think there is no words, but you are wrong. the story is about a master who has a book without words, that teaches you unimaginable magic. but he needs a kid with green eyes to see the words. his maid and raven search out for a green eyed child. the book get better and better and I think you would love this book. at first I did not like it, but then at the end I loved it!
The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic
By Avi
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 5 - 9 | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | 4.4 | 37164 |
In the ancient Northumbrian town of Fulwich, there is an old man whom nobody knows. This man, Thorston by name, has lived a secret life so that he may stay alive--forever. -Call him an alchemist but-his posession of The Book Without Words contains the secret of immortality. - But to make this secret a reality, he must sacrifice his minion, Odo, a coal-black raven, and Sybil, his thirteen-year-old servant. - Just as Thorton is on the brink of imortality, Sybil decides she wants to live her own life, and Odo wants the gold he believes Thorton as made. - Who then will live, and who will die? - And who will get the gold?
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Published on 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
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it is the coolest book in the wold