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Grim Tuesday

Garth Nix

2004321 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2004
first published
  • 2004Scholastic · 321 pages · ENGISBN 9780439436557
  • 2006Random House · ENGISBN 9780739331286
  • 2009Fitzgerald Books · ENGISBN 9781424240456
  • 2004Listening Library (Audio) · ENGISBN 9780807217276
  • 2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606309455
  • 2004Tandem Library · 321 pages · ENGISBN 9780613709699
  • 2004Collins · 389 pages · ENGISBN 9780007175031
  • 2005Scholastic Press · 321 pages · ENGISBN 9780439703703

This second thrilling installment of The Keys to the Kingdom, by internationally acclaimed Australian author, Garth Nix, delivers high-energy, visually stunning adventure fantasy of dazzling scope and originality.Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to be in bed - after all, it's only twelve hours since he saved the world. But there's no time to rest. Grim Tuesday has laid claim to the Lower House and the First Key, and now his misshapen servants are repossessing Arthur's world and plunging it into financial disaster. To stop them, Arthur must venture back into the House - that surreal, unpredictable realm where he almost met his death.With companions old and new, Arthur embarks on a heart-stopping adventure that will take him from the dismal Pit of the Far Reaches, all the way to the heart of a sun and back. Racing furiously against time, Arthur must find the second piece of the Will, claim the Second Key, and save both his own world and the House from the destructive greed of Grim Tuesday.Grim Tuesday is the second book in the KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series.Garth Nix is the best-selling author of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen.

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