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Pages: 200
Size: 5.1 x 7.7 in
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-607-621-659-0
THEMES:
Mystery, Suspense, Horror
A book of horror stories that will capture
readers and will surprise themwith their
unexpected endings.
OUTLINE:
After realizing that he is on the wrong train, a boy who is traveling
alone decides to get off at the next station. While waiting for the
train that will take him home, he listens to eight stories told by
a mysterious old man accompanied by a dog. The lugubrious and
solitary station serves as a framework for the creepy stories that
the old man tells and that will leave the boy at a crossroads, from
which he must find a way out.
6+
EL TREN
EQUIVOCADO
THE WRONG TRAIN
GRADES
7 AND UP
AUTHOR PROFILE:
Jeremy de Quidt
(London, England) studied medieval English literature and history
at the University of East Anglia. He published his first book in 2008 and since then
he has dedicated himself to writing full time. He was nominated for the Branford
Boase Award and the Carnegie Medal.
ILLUSTRATOR PROFILE:
Mercè López
(Barcelona, Spain) began with the horror genre in
El pequeño vampiro
by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg. She has illustrated more than thirty books and
El tren equivocado
circulates along the same bridge that holds it together with the
work of Amelie Glienke, Alana Lee, Goya, Bernie Wrightson, Kent Williams … and
above all, with that little girl who started to become an illustrator while reading under
the covers.