num_pages: 389
description: Candy lives in Chickentown USA: the most boring place in the world, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future may hold. She is soon to find out: swept out of our world by a giant wave, she finds herself in another place entirely...The Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of the island of Midnight, ruled by Christopher Carrion.Candy has a place in this extraordinary world: she has been brought 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.
language: English
title: Abarat
titlecomplete: Abarat
characters: Jimothi Tarrie, Malingo, Mendelson Shape, Norma Lipnik, John Mischief, Samuel Hastrim Klepp the Fifth, Christopher Carrion, Bill Quackenbush, Melissa Quackenbush, Rojo Pixler, Otto Houlihan, Candy Francesca Quackenbush, Kaspar Wolfswinkel
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Teen, Magic, Young Adult, Childrens, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Adventure
ratings_count: 27946
series: Abarat
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: YA or Independent Reader
publisher: HarperCollins