The Second Forever

By: Colin Thompson

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Paperback | 2 July 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Paperback
192 Pages

Age
9 - 12

Grade
4 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
28 x 20.8 x 4.3

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When Peter and his friend Festival destroyed the book called How to Live Forever so it could no longer work its terrible spell, they didn't know that destroying such a powerful book would have unintended consequences. Now, the world is in the worst drought ever - major rivers dried up, and water rationed to a single litre per person a day with talk of less. Festival comes back from the world inside the museum to get Peter. The river they reversed is drowning Festival's world and they need to re-create the book to reverse the water flow. Neither can remember all of the book, but hopefully by working together they will be able to recall every word. Can they reverse the water flow so that it rains in Peter's world again? And if they recreate the evil book, can they entomb it so that it can never been accessed again?

Industry Reviews

"Not since Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" have libraries been so celebrated. Book-lovers and library-haunters will be enchanted. We who know the mysterious powers of the library will not be at all surprised by the goings on in Peter's museum, behind its hidden doors." Virginia Lowe, winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for Children's Novels Short Fiction on "How to Live Forever"" "Peter is a young boy who reminds us all what a wonderful thing it is to be curious and to find courage we don't realise is within us. . . . Thompson's writing is smooth and his storytelling agile. He introduces us to a world rich with characters and landscapes both grotesque and charming, and he fills this book with friendship and love." Aurealis Awards Judges' Report 2004 on"How to Live Forever""

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