Diana Wynne Jones
Archer's Goon
Archer's Goon
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A hugely imaginative and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones.
When Howard Sykes comes home from school and finds the enormous Goon in the kitchen, his life turns upside-down. The Goon has come to demand the two thousand words of nonsense that Howard’s father allegedly owes a mysterious figure named Archer.
As Howard unravels the truth, he uncovers that their town is run by seven megalomaniac wizards, each desperate to rule the world – and each convinced that his father’s words are the key…
Can Howard find a way to stop the wizards before they wreak chaos?
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ISBN
9780006755272
Number of pages
320
Publisher
Bio
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DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. The family moved around a lot, finally settling in rural Essex. As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, ‘who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest’. So, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable quest for good books to read, she decided that she would have to write them herself.
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
