Book description
Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, high-stacking his way across the
rooftops of his city in search of adventure and mystery. In each tale,
he encounters a supernatural force and must battle the horrors that
await him.
In LEGION OF THE DEAD, Barnaby finds himself embroiled in a plot
that includes a legion of zombies raised from the dead. In Dickensian
times, people were terrified of being buried alive, and so were left
in their coffin with a wire, attached to a bell, running from above
the ground, down through the earth and the lid of the coffin, and tied
to the little finger of the buried body. Those who found themselves
awake in the darkness of their coffin could wiggle their finger and
summon help. And so one night, Barnaby makes a shortcut through a
graveyard and is horrified to hear the tinkling of dozens of little bells...
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the creators of the hugely
successful Edge Chronicles, which have sold over two million
copies and have been translated into over thirty languages worldwide.
Their other collaborations include the Barnaby Grimes series
and the Far Flung Adventures, the first of which, Fergus
Crane, won the 2004 Gold Smarties Prize.
Paul Stewart is the author of a number of previous titles for
children including The Midnight Hand and The Wakening (a
Federation of Children's Book Groups Pick of the Year) for the
Yearling list.
Chris Riddell is an accomplished graphic artist who has illustrated
many acclaimed books for children. Winner of many prestigious awards
including the UNESCO Prize (for Something Else), the Kate
Greenaway Medal (in 2001 and 2004 for Pirate Diary and
Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver') and the Gold Nestlé Prize for
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, he is also the political
cartoonist for the Observer.
