Synopsis
The Box of Delights
$12.99 Piers Torday from John Masefield
Published by Faber & Faber
5 Male 3 Female
It's a magical and festive adventure in which one boy must confront the secrets of the past to defeat the evil in his present
Kay Harker is heading home for the school holidays
Recently orphaned, he knows this Christmas will be different but nothing could prepare him for the journey that lies ahead
On the train he meets an old magician - Cole Hawlings - who charges Kay with safeguarding a wondrous device that has time-travelling powers
It's an instrument that Cole's nemesis, the wicked sorcerer Abner Brown, will stop at nothing to steal for himself
And so when the old man mysteriously disappears, Kay faces the fight of his life
The future of Christmas itself depends upon him and now he must protect both the Box of Delights and the people he loves