Abarat, Book 1A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . . It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, USA. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it’s not one she expects. Welcome to the Abarat, a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day. Candy has a place in this extraordinary land: She is here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart—forces older than Time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered. She’s a strange heroine, she knows. But this is a strange world. And in the Abarat, all things are possible. |
Contents
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The Lady Ascends | 55 |
Light and Water | 67 |
Bug | 155 |
The Universal Eye | 165 |
Almenak | 180 |
The Tale of Harks Harbor | 189 |
On Vespers Rock | 200 |
The World Through Borrowed Eyes | 209 |
The Hunt | 218 |
WICKED STRANGE | 225 |
A Moment with Melissa | 81 |
Events on the Jetty | 85 |
TWILIGHT AND BEYOND | 97 |
The Waters | 99 |
The Card Players | 105 |
A Talk on the Tide | 115 |
In The Great Head | 129 |
Carrion | 141 |
WHERE IS WHEN? | 153 |
In Gallows Forest | 227 |
The Man Who Made the Kid | 237 |
Digger and Dragons | 256 |
Mischief Undone | 273 |
The House of Lies | 294 |
Words with the CrissCross Man | 314 |
A Slaves Soul | 326 |
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