![]() to read the Shadow thief is to be thrust into a fast-moving plot full of menace and thrills, amply seeded with a magnificently precocious vocabulary'the Courier-Mail 'an impressive debut. The books have since been translated into. Since then, she has published eight books and her U.S debut, Halo, appeared on the New York Times best-seller list a week after publication. Her first novel The Shadow Thief was picked from the Harper Collins slush pile when she was thirteen. Praise for the Shadow thief:'Clearly is already an Australian literary phenomenon. Alexandra Adornetto is an Australian actress and writer. Why has the notorious Lord Aldor stolen the shadows of all of the town's residents and where are they being held? Assisted by a band of prisoners, the children must venture into the taboo territories, and battle the perils dished out by the Lurid Lagoon, in order to outwit Lord Aldor and prevent him from executing his secret master plan. ![]() things do not add up and the children find that sinister plans are beginning to emerge. ![]() When the pair are kidnapped from their homes and brought to live in the gothic mansion known as Hog House, they are adopted by the madcap Mr and Mrs Mayor and a series of bizarre encounters follows. ![]() ![]() Millipop Klompet and Ernest Perriclof live in the uneventful town of Drabville, where the cautious Ernest spends his time enlarging his rock collection and Milli dreams of adventure. Revisit bestselling Alexandra Adornetto's first trilogy in this new format. ![]()
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