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The Accidental Highwayman
Ben Tripp
Tor Teen
October 2014
On Sale: October 14, 2014
Featuring: Christopher "Kit" Bristol; Whistling Jack
304 pages ISBN: 0765335492 EAN: 9780765335494 Kindle: B00J6TWHOS Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult Paranormal
The Accidental Highwayman is the first swashbuckling
adventure for young adults by talented author and
illustrator, Ben Tripp. This thrilling tale of dark magic
and true love is the perfect story for fans of William
Goldman’s The Princess Bride. In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher “Kit”
Bristol is the unwitting servant of notorious highwayman
Whistling Jack. One dark night, Kit finds his master
bleeding from a mortal wound, dons the man’s riding cloak to
seek help, and changes the course of his life forever.
Mistaken for Whistling Jack and on the run from redcoats,
Kit is catapulted into a world of magic and wonders he
thought the stuff of fairy tales. Bound by magical law, Kit takes up his master’s quest to
rescue a rebellious fairy princess from an arranged marriage
to King George III of England. But his task is not an easy
one, for Kit must contend with the feisty Princess Morgana,
goblin attacks, and a magical map that portends his destiny:
as a hanged man upon the gallows…. Fans of classic fairy-tale fantasies such as Stardust by
Neil Gaiman and will find much to love in this irresistible
YA debut by Ben Tripp, the son of one of America’s most
beloved illustrators, Wallace Tripp (Amelia Bedelia).
Following in his father’s footsteps, Ben has woven
illustrations throughout the story.
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