num_pages: 477
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: Samuel Hastrim Klepp the Fifth, Norma Lipnik, Kaspar Wolfswinkel, Jimothi Tarrie, Candy Francesca Quackenbush, Melissa Quackenbush, Mendelson Shape, John Mischief, Bill Quackenbush, Rojo Pixler, Malingo, Otto Houlihan, Christopher Carrion
genres: Fiction, Magic, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Teen, Horror, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 27945
series: Abarat
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: YA or Independent Reader
publisher: HarperCollins