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Book

Castle in the stars. 1, The space race of 1869

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL ALIC TEEN (OSH)

Edition

First American edition.

Languages

Translated from the French.

Publication Information

New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press, 2017.

Physical Description

60 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.

Audience

Ages 10-14

Summary

A year after his mother disappeared in her hot air balloon, Seraphin and his father receive a clue that sends them to a Bavarian castle where lurks a force that would stop at nothing to conquer the stars.

Notes

Chiefly illustrations.

"Originally published in 2014 in French by Rue de Sèvres as Le château des étoiles - 1869: La conquête de l'espace - volume I" -- title page verso.

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