Sylvie and the songman
By: Tim Binding ; with illustrations by Angela Barrett
Contributors: Barrett, Angela, ill
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780385751599; 9780385751575; 9780375853630
Subjects: Composers; Girls and dogs; Kidnapping; Animals; Fantasy fiction; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Fathers and daughters; Imaginary places; Musical instruments; Missing persons; Friendship; Dogs
Description: "Sylvie Bartram's beloved dog, Mr. Jackson, has lost his bark. The birds have stopped singing. And in the growing silence, her dad has disappeared. Determined to find him, Sylvie and her best friend, kite-flying, tone deaf George, are drawn into the nightmare world of the Songman, a world haunted by the terrifying Woodpecker Man in his swan-powered balloon, a world where nothing can sing and no one can speak. Only Sylvie can save the earth from its terrible voiceless fate."--Dust jacket.
Notes: Originally published: Oxford, England : David Fickling Books, 2008.