The Hollow Bettle
by Susannah Appelbaum
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Eleven-year-old Ivy Manx sets out with her new friend, a young "taster," to find her missing uncle, an outlawed healer, in the dangerous kingdom of Caux where magic, herbs, and poisons rule.
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Fiction, Fantasy, Poisons, Uncles, Folklore, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile fiction| Edition | Availability |
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The Hollow Bettle
2009, Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf Books for Young Readers
in English
- 1st ed.
0375851739 9780375851735
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The Hollow Bettle
2009, Random House Children's Books
Electronic resource
in English
0375853545 9780375853548
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Introducing a witty and macabre new fantasy trilogy.There's little joy left in the kingdom of Caux: the evil King Nightshade rules with terrible tyranny and the law of the land is poison or be poisoned. Worse, eleven-year-old Ivy's uncle, a famous healer, has disappeared, and Ivy sets out to find him, joined by a young taster named Rowan. But these are corrupt times, and the children--enemies of the realm--are not alone. What exactly do Ivy and Rowan's pursuers want? Is it Ivy's prized red bettle, which, unlike any other gemstone in Caux, appears--impossibly--to be hollow? Is it the elixir she concocted--the one with the mysterious healing powers? Or could it be Ivy herself? Told with wry humor, The Hollow Bettle is the first installment in the Poisons of Caux trilogy, an astonishing tale of herbs and magic, tasters and poisoners.From the Hardcover edition.
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