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Author: Tonke Dragt (Author) ,
Tonke Dragt (Author) ,
Laura Watkinson (Translator)
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books
ISBN: 9781782694939
ISBN 10: 1782694935
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 03 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available
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Language: Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
Reviews
""Young Sir Tiuri, recently knighted following the events in The Letter for the King, finds the adventure he seeks deep in the mysterious Wild Wood. The translation flows smoothly and may well appeal to young fans of knightly adventure tales . . . An old-fashioned Arthurian-esque adventure for those who enjoy that genre's satisfying storytelling pleasures."" —Kirkus Reviews ""[A] classic medieval adventure. . . Dragt and her translator, Watkinson, evoke the quiet, timeless pleasures of gallant knights on heroic quests in a time of wonder."" —Booklist ""Action-packed drama."" —Daily Mail ""Thrilling."" —Metro ""Fans will be delighted . . . The Secrets of the Wild Wood . . . takes Tiuri back into the perilous wood, forefronts some of the female characters and offers intrigue, action and escapism."" —Sunday Times, Children's Books of the Year ""Adventures of the classic kind await in The Secrets of the Wild Wood."" —Telegraph, Books of the Year ""Tiuri's adventures take a supernatural turn as he travels through the wild wood on the trail of a missing knight. It is a place of lost cities, robbers, unreliable princesses and mysterious men in green, all posing challenges to the intrepid hero. [This book] deserves readers of all ages."" —Sunday Express ""For those stay-in and curl-up days."" —Jewish Chronicle
'Action-packed drama' - Daily Mail 'Thrilling' - Metro 'Fans will be delighted...The Secrets of the Wild Wood... takes Tiuri back into the perilous wood, forefronts some of the female characters and offers intrigue, action and escapism' - Nicolette Jones 'Adventures of the classic kind await in The Secrets of the Wild Wood, the sequel to The Letter for the King, Tonke Dragts unmissable Arthurian-inflected tale' - Telegraph, Books of the Year 'A spellbinding tale that will appeal to the young and old' - The Lady
Author Information
Tonke Dragt was born in Jakarta in 1930 and spent most of her childhood in Indonesia. Her family moved to the Netherlands after the war and, after studying at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Dragt became an art teacher. She published her first book in 1961, followed a year later by The Letter for the King, which won the Children's Book of the Year award and has been translated into sixteen languages. Dragt was awarded the State Prize for Youth Literature in 1976 and was knighted in 2001. She died in 2024.
