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Tinder by Sally Gardner, illustrated by David Roberts

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Tinder

Author
Sally Gardner, illustrated by David Roberts
Narrator
Robert Madge
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Publish Date
7 November 2013
Run Time
4 hours 53 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children's / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship
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Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He meets the beautiful Safire - pure of heart and spirit, the scheming Mistress Jabber and the terrifying Lady of the Nail. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him the thing he most desires?

Fairy tales are often the cruellest stories of all; in this exquisite novel Sally Gardner writes about great love and great loss.

Read by Robert Madge. Robert Madge is a young actor from Warwickshire. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and is currently (2013) a pupil at Ashbourne College. One of his first roles was to perform in Matilda the Musical and has since then had roles in Les Misérables, Oliver and Mary Poppins. Previous audio readings include Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner.

(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

Critics Review

  • Dazzling and haunting...a dark and deliciously macabre read with an unexpected twist

    The Best New Children's Books 2015

  • Fast-paced and gripping

    Stylist

  • Profoundly beautiful and thought-provoking ... mesmeric ... ultimately, we are in the hands of a consummate storyteller who provides her readers with nothing less than a meditation on desire, maturation, reality and death.

    INIS Magazine

  • Luminously written ... rich and rewarding

    Books For Keeps

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  • A dark but delightful read

    SFX Magazine

  • Exquisite ... as dark and captivating as you would hope

    The Bookseller

  • Profoundly beautiful

    Recommended Reads

  • David Roberts' elegant illustrations are integral to the beautiful design ... A volume to treasure and re-read

    Financial Times

  • Mesmeric ... another jewel in Gardner's crown

    The Times

  • The natural elegance of Roberts' style marries perfectly with the supernatural elements of Gardner's powerful narrative -- by turns ghostly, tender, dramatic

    Books For Keeps

  • Exquisite

    School Zone

  • A dark dream -- an exploration of memory, grief, fear, lust and love. Gardner's delicate, eerie rendering lends it a new grace

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Gardner's prose in Tinder is adventurous and hugely energetic ... Its a beauty

    The Guardian

  • An exquisitely macabre fairy story for teenagers

    The Daily Telegraph

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Details
Author
Sally Gardner, illustrated by David Roberts
Narrator
Robert Madge
Duration
4 hours 53 minutes
Release Date
7 November 2013
ISBN
9781409151012
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children's / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship

Synopsis

Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He meets the beautiful Safire - pure of heart and spirit, the scheming Mistress Jabber and the terrifying Lady of the Nail. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him the thing he most desires?Fairy tales are often the cruellest stories of all; in this exquisite novel Sally Gardner writes about great love and great loss.Read by Robert Madge. Robert Madge is a young actor from Warwickshire. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and is currently (2013) a pupil at Ashbourne College. One of his first roles was to perform in Matilda the Musical and has since then had roles in Les Misérables, Oliver and Mary Poppins. Previous audio readings include Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner.(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

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