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Lädt ... The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie (2014. Auflage)von Kirsty Murray (Autor)
Werk-InformationenThe Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie (None) von Kirsty Murray
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Juvenile Fiction.
Science Fiction & Fantasy.
HTML: A gripping time-slip adventure set in a hidden valley. 11-year-old Lucy travels across the river of time to fight fires, battle floodwaters and discover the meaning of true friendship. 'Enchanting, exciting, and shimmering with magic, this is a gorgeous adventure from a master story-teller. I wanted to follow Lucy right through the wall.' - Kate Constable The room was full of moon shadows and dancing light. But it was the wall around the window that Lucy couldn't stop staring at, the one with the painting of Spring. It was as bright as a sunny day and the tiny yellow flowers that covered the fields were moving, as if a breeze had blown through the painting and set all the petals dancing. Lucy McKenzie can walk through walls. Sent to stay with her Aunt Big in a hidden valley, Lucy discovers the old house is full of mysteries. One hot night, she hears a voice calling from inside a painting on the dining-room wall... On the other side of the painting, Lucy meets three children. Together they race horses through the bush, battle fires and floods, and make friendships that will last a lifetime. But who are April, Tom and Jimmy Tiger, and what magic has drawn Lucy to them? .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This book was published in 2014, so it is more recent than most of the children’s timeslip novels which I read. Nevertheless, it certainly feels as if it belongs with the classics of this genre of literature, which includes such wonderful stories as Tom’s Midnight Garden and When Marnie Was There.
Lucy is eleven years old and lives in Australia with her parents and brother and sister. When her older sister, Claire, is injured in an accident while studying in Paris, their mother rushes to Europe to be with Claire in hospital. Since her father has important work to attend to, Lucy is taken to stay with her great aunt who lives in a house in an isolated valley in the Australian bush. Lucy has only vague memories of her aunt, and she is not at all happy about having to live with her, especially as the period will include the Christmas holiday. But soon she discovers that the murals painted on the dining room walls, each of which depict a different season in the valley, are no ordinary paintings. On successive nights when her aunt is asleep, Lucy finds that the murals allow her to enter a magical place where she meets her ancestors and plays an important part in shaping the history of her family.
The author unites past and present using clever plot devices, and the Australian bush is vividly described in all its beauty and unforgiving ruggedness. The same river that flows through the valley in both the past and present times symbolizes the relentless flow of time, and is inextricably intertwined with this powerful story of family relationships and the continuity of life. This is magical realism in a most poignant and compelling form.
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