{"product_id":"9780547529899","title":"The Stolen Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this fantasy adventure, a young girl visits a land where birds carry off men, fish eat human flesh, and she must rescue a pilfered lake.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Readers who have followed Dido Twite’s escapades in \u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts in Battersea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNightbirds on Nantucket \u003c\/i\u003ewill welcome her return in her wildest escapade yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now back in print, \u003ci\u003eThe Cuckoo Tree \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Lake\u003c\/i\u003e continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken’s classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is full of fantastical details: revolving palaces, witches who are also court dressmakers, an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, and an infernal country with a noticeable lack of female children. On her way back to London aboard the British man-of-war \u003ci\u003eThrush\u003c\/i\u003e, twelve-year-old Dido Twite finds herself and the crew summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. A neighboring king has stolen the queen’s lake and is holding it for ransom, and it’s up to Dido and the crew to face fire, flood, execution, and wild beasts to get the lake back—or else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Aiken lures us into historical fantasy . . . our interest never slows.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The adventure Miss Aiken has dished up . . . in \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Lake \u003c\/i\u003eis zanier and more devilishly fiendish than ever.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102368776432,"sku":"9780547529899","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547529899_p0.jpg?v=1769915963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547529899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}