One dawn, a fiery comet appears over the city. The Great Emperor
Montezuma commands Chantico's uncle, the soothsayer, Ahcambal, to
explain the meaning of it. When Ahcambal cannot come up with an
answer, he is thrown into prison to be executed. What can Chantico do
to save his uncle? Luckily, Chantico is not an ordinary boy - he has
the gift of second sight. He uses his own skills to come up with a
cunning plan to save his Uncle. But can he do it in time?
Autorentext
Karen Wallace is an award-winning author of children's books. Her first novel for older readers, Raspberries on the Yangtze (Simon & Schuster) was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The first in her series for younger readers, The Crunchbone Castle Chronicles, published by A&C Black, was selected for the Summer Reading Challenge in 2006. The Goosepimple Bay Sagas was a World Book Day recommended read in 2008 and Li Fu's Great Aim was chosen for the recent Boys into Books promotion.
Zusammenfassung
One dawn, a fiery comet appears over the city. The Great EmperorMontezuma commands Chantico's uncle, the soothsayer, Ahcambal, toexplain the meaning of it. When Ahcambal cannot come up with ananswer, he is thrown into prison to be executed. What can Chantico doto save his uncle? Luckily, Chantico is not an ordinary boy - he hasthe gift of second sight. He uses his own skills to come up with acunning plan to save his Uncle. But can he do it in time?