The griffin of Darkwood

Resource Information

The work The griffin of Darkwood represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The griffin of Darkwood

Statement of responsibility

Becky Citra

Creator

• Citra, Becky

Author

• Citra, Becky

Subject

• Canadian fiction
• Castles -- Juvenile fiction
• Electronic books
• Fantasy fiction
• Magic -- Juvenile fiction
• Aunts -- Juvenile fiction
• Villages -- Juvenile fiction
• Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Fantasy fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Electronic books
• Canadian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Will Poppy has always been fascinated with writing - he thinks there's something almost ... magical about it. But when his mother passes away, Will finds himself stuck living with his awful aunt, unable to write a single word (despite the fact that two Muses will not leave him alone), and handed a mysterious package which includes an old picture of his grandparents and a piece of cloth with the words "The Griffin of Darkwood" on it. When his aunt decides to move both of them to a small village, Will is excited for a new adventure, and in a castle no less! But after a rude welcome to the town that includes stories about a curse, and an introduction to the servants of the castle who evidently mean to cause him harm, Will's sense of dread about the whole village rises. What is the curse the villagers all claim has been on the castle for hundreds of years, and what does it have to do with the disappearance of a young girl forty years ago? More importantly, what's The Griffin of Darkwood, and what does it have to do with Will and his family?

Cataloging source

CELBN

Dewey number

• jC813/.54
• [Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.C49985

LC item number

Gr 2016eb

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile