King Cudgel's Challenge

Author(s): Karen Wallace

Children & Young Adult

Pity King Cudgel! His twin children - Prince Marvin the Meek and Princess Gusty Ox - fight all the time. And ever since his wife, Queen Carrion, disappeared after going out dragon hunting, no one has been able to stop them. As a last resort he devises a challenge for them with the help of Cackle, the court magician.

General Information

  • : 9780713675535
  • : Black
  • : Black
  • : 0.07
  • : 17 February 2006
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Karen Wallace
  • : Paperback
  • : 64
  • : b/w

More About The Product

The first title in a four-book mini-series - The Crunchbone Castle Chronicles from the highly-acclaimed, best-selling author, Karen WallaceAlong the lines of Terry Deary's Tudor Tales and Egyptian Tales, the series will combine lashings of humour with solid fact to give a real flavour of life in medieval timesHighly illustrated by Helen Flook.

Karen Wallace has published many children's books, including Think Of An Eel which won the Emil Kurt Maschler Award. Her first novel for older readers, Raspberries On The Yangtze was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and the sequel Climbing a Monkey Puzzle Tree, was the Sunday Times book of the week.