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Angel Isle

Reviews

"In this sequel to Printz Honor Book The Ropemaker (2001), Dickinson returns to his beautifully created, four-dimensional universe for another perilous adventure. ... Perhaps most compelling of all, however, is 12-year-old Maja, whose tribulations as she matures and learns to use her sensitivity to magic are thoroughly believable. The characters are as well developed as those in the first book, and the complex, multilayered story includes more heady explorations of time and magic, joined here by thoughts on the meaning of true love. This is sure to be a hit with fans of the earlier book."

— Sally Estes
Booklist
October 15, 2007

"In a land dominated by the Watchers, magicians who have joined themselves into one soulless will, young Maja undertakes a quest.... Dickinson keeps readers engaged with his original variation on how magic works; political complications,... and Maja's own developing romantic attraction to the much-older Ribek. Throughout, the author's command of language treats the reader to robust descriptions and rolling narration, making the whole a bravura performance of created worlds and rock-solid plotting sure to please fantasy lovers."

— anita l. burkam
Horn Book Magazine
November/December 2007

Sequel to The Ropemaker

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Phoenix Award

Eva is the winner of the 2008 Phoenix Award.

Phoenix Award Speech:

“The Money Spider”

Recently Published:

The Gift Boat
(US title: Inside Grandad)

New on the Web Site

“Peter Dickinson and the Hazards of Storytelling”
Brian Alderson
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“The Money Spider”
Acceptance Speech for the 2008 Phoenix Award

“Going Round by the By-Ways”
Acceptance Speech for the 2001 Phoenix Award

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Excerpts:

AK

The Blue Hawk

The Dancing Bear

Eva

Merlin Dreams

"Poor Unlucky Lucy"
(from Chance, Luck and Destiny)

The Weathermonger

A Pool in the Desert, by Robin McKinley
(from Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits)

Sea Serpent, by Peter Dickinson
(from Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits)

The Gift Boat

Angel Isle

Online discussion: Readerville.com

Biography

Bibliographies:

Books for Children and Young Adults
Books for Adults

Peter Dickinson's Archives

Calendar

Essays:

A Defense of Rubbish
Murder in the Manor
A Letter in Response to an Article about Teaching Eva
Books that Mattered to Me when I Was Young

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Recent Publications

The Ropemaker

Reviews

Mythopoeic Society Fantasy Award
Children's Literature
28 August 2002

Honor Book
2002 Michael L. Printz Award
Excellence in Young Literature

Carnegie Medal Shortlist

British Edition: September 2001
Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 033394738X

US Edition: November 2001
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385729219

Water:
Tales of Elemental Spirits

Robin McKinley
&
Peter Dickinson

Putnam Publishing Group
June 2002
ISBN: 0399237968

The Changes Trilogy

The Tears of the Salamander

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