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Krabat

Otfried Preußler

1972185 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1972
first published
  • 1972Abelard-Schuman · 185 pages · ENGISBN 9780200719209
  • 1973Macmillan · 250 pages · ENGISBN 9780027751703
  • 1974Knight Books · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780340176931
  • 1976Collier Books · 280 pages · ENGISBN 9780020447702
  • 1991Collier Books · 250 pages · ENGISBN 9780020447757
  • 1985Peter Smith Publisher · ENGISBN 9780844661964
RomanticShort read

In seventeenth-century Germany, a boy desperately wants to escape from a school for Black Magic where he is held captive by demonic forces.

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MoodPlayfulAdventurous
AtmosphereMagicalWhimsical

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Romance levelCentral
Written forChildrenMiddle grade

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Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesLoveFriendship
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