‘There’s nothing so rare as a fantasy that elicits genuine wonder and that uses marvellous things to enrich a child’s appreciation of ordinary ones. Lev Grossman’s novel The Silver Arrow<\/i> is something special.’ <\/b>WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/i>_____________<\/i><\/b>Discover the magical, timeless children’s adventure from Lev Grossman, author of<\/i> The Magicians. Now a <\/i>New York Times bestseller!<\/i><\/b>When Kate is given a colossal steam train, the Silver Arrow<\/i>, for her birthday, she can’t believe her luck. After eleven years of waiting, adventure has finally found her!Soon the Silver Arrow<\/i> is whisking Kate and her brother Tom to a magical station where their passengers stand ready to board. From the porcupine to the pangolin, each one is rare and wonderful. But these animals have been waiting a very long time too. Can Kate deliver them home … before it’s too late?_____________<\/i><\/b>Lev Grossman’s first children’s book is a journey you’ll never forget: a rip-roaring adventure from desert plains to snow-covered mountains and everything in between. Packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin, The Silver Arrow<\/i> is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kate wasn’t expecting much when she wrote to her wealthy estranged uncle to ask for a birthday present. Certainly she wasn’t expecting a colossal steam train called the Silver Arrow to arrive on her doorstep. Despite parental misgivings, curiosity overwhelms Kate and her brother Tom and they climb aboard, only for the train’s engine to roar into life. Soon they reach a train station where an assortment of strange and beautiful creatures are waiting with tickets in their mouths, and Kate and Tom begin to understand that their job will be to see them safely home – if they can. Lev Grossman’s first children’s book is a journey you’ll never forget: a rip-roaring adventure from desert plains to snow-covered mountains and everything in between.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[28,272],"class_list":["post-92902","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-childrens-fiction","product_tag-adventure-stories-childrens-teenage","product_tag-general-fiction-childrens-teenage","pa_book_author-grossman-lev","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-bloomsbury-childrens-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-10123","pa_publisher-bloomsbury-childrens-books","pa_readership-ages-5-12-code-b","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n