Ravenwood

By Andrew Fusek Peters

Book Overview

Who holds the seeds to save a sky-high world?

Arborium is at risk, the sharpened blades of rival Maw poised to saw off its bark and branches. What can a poor plumber's apprentice armed with little more than a monkey wrench do to stop the chopping?Carved into a massive, mile-high canopy, the forest kingdom of Arborium stands upon the tallest of trees. Within them, 14-year-old Ark holds the lowest of jobs: unclogging toilets. He's already up to his elbows in gunk when he REALLY steps in it. He overhears a plot echoing through the pipes: Maw, a ruthless glass-and-steel superpower, is scheming to wield its axes of evil to strip Arborium of its wood -- a natural resource now more precious than gold.The fate of a kingdom in the filthy hands of a plumber boy?Plunged into danger, Ark must make the treacherous climb down to the darkest roots of RAVENWOOD if there's any hope of rescuing his threatened tree home

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545305500
• ISBN13: 9780545305501
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Chicken House
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9