Nightshade city nightshade chronicles, book 1 hilary wagner, omar rayyan on. Hilary wagner at thursday, july 02, 2015 1 comment. The first book in the series, nightshade city, is a cbc best book of 2011 and winner of the westchester fiction award. List of books by childrens author hilary wagner, including nightshade city, the white assassin, lords of trillium, and catacomb city. It seems there are two camps when it comes to the art of naming characters and books. Buy this book wagners debut novel is a labyrinthine saga about warring factions of rats living beneath a human. Killdeer, leader of the catacombs, has made me a chosen one and plans to put me on display during the grand speech. The white assassin, 2011 is as entertaining as it is satisfying. Now controlled by high minister killdeer and his vicious commander billycan, older rats can. My first book, nightshade city, debuts fall 2010 from holiday house books. Nightshade city, is a cbc best book and winner of thewestchester fiction award. Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the bloody coup turned the catacombs, a oncepeaceful. But something even more sinister is afoot in trillium city.
When i picked up nightshade city, i was half really excited about reading a new novel about a secret civilization of intelligent rats and half really really worried that it could never live. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading nightshade city. Juniper and vincent quickly go topside in order to search for the missing hunters, hoping to find clues as to whether the dock rats, humans of trillium or even billycan are behind it. Nightshade city by hilary wagner my name is clover, and time is running out. Nightshade city by hilary wagner i should probably take a stab at a providing a summary of the book without giving too much away. Okay people, heres my take on both the white assassin and nightshade city thats book one of the nightshade chronicles. A tribe of trillium rats, who are large, long lived, and highly civilized, lives under a human city in the catacombs. Nightshade city by hilary wagner overdrive rakuten. Nightshade chronicles by hilary wagner with an award winning series published in america and most recently in france, childrens author, hilary wagner, has been writing nonstop since her first book in the nightshade chronicles, nightshade city, debuted in late 2010.
Animal tales are the best, and hilary wagner has created a delightfully creepy fantasy filled with adventure and great deeds in her debut novel nightshade city. Night shade books dedicated to publishing quality books from a broad spectrum of genre. Nightshade city is a cbc best book of 2011 and a crystal kite finalist. Nightshade city hilary wagner october 1st, 2010, holiday house fans of redwall and the warriors series will love this heroic tale of good versus evil in a subterranean society of rats. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hilary also writes for national geographic school publishing and has just finished goblin shark rising, a new adventure novel, set for publication in fall of 2012. She is repped by marietta zacker of the nancy gallt literary agency. With the help of an ancient colony of bats and an uneasy alliance with the swamp snakes, juniper and his council set out to thwart billycans plans. Hilary wagner has created this super cool world that has a sortof oldworld gothic feel to it. About the author hilary wagner lives in the chicago suburbs. Rick riordan, author of the percy jackson and the olympians series.
Nightshade city was a interesting read, about anthropomorphic rats living underground in a city called the catacombs. Eleven years after the cruel killdeer took over the catacombs far beneath the humans trillium city, juniper belancourt, assisted by vincent and victor nightshade, leads a maverick band of rats to escape and establish their own city. With an award winning series published in america and most recently in france, childrens author, hilary wagner, has been writing nonstop since her first book. Since then, nightshade city has been awarded the bankstreet college of educations best childrens books of the year award, as well as the westchester fiction. Team member books nightshade city hilary wagner october 1st, 2010, holiday house fans of redwall and the warriors series will love this heroic tale of good versus evil in a subterranean society of rats. Nightshade city by hilary wagner has drawn comparisons to redwall oh, how i loved those books as a child and the gregor the overlander books by suzanne collins.
Nightshade city holiday house books for young readers. Sep 02, 2009 everyone, welcome author hilary wagner. Read nightshade city book i of the nightshade chronicles by hilary wagner available from rakuten kobo. Lords of trillium begins with the disappearance of rats from nightshade city. My agent is marietta zacker of the nancy gallt literary agency. Nightshade city king county library system overdrive. Oct 07, 2010 nightshade city by hilary wagner october 7, 2010 the dragon animal tales are the best, and hilary wagner has created a delightfully creepy fantasy filled with adventure and great deeds in her debut novel nightshade city. I havent read the gregor books bart has and really loved them, but the redwall comparison made me think these books would skew a little younger than they do. Buy this book wagner s debut novel is a labyrinthine saga about warring factions of rats living beneath a human. Nightshade chronicles series by hilary wagner goodreads. Book i of the nightshade chronicles kindle edition by wagner, hilary, omar rayyan, rayyan, omar.
The other camp that literally cant stand making up names or titles. The book is an enjoyable easy read but with a strong story of fear and triumph. Mar 01, 2014 lords of trillium begins with the disappearance of rats from nightshade city. The third book in the series, lords of trillium, will be released in 2014. So begins the gripping conclusion to hilary wagners nightshade chronicles. Hilary wagner is the author of themiddlegrade fantasy series the nightshade chronicles holiday house. He said nightshade city has a lot more muscle to it and i should go with my first instinct. Deep beneath trillium city, a modern metropolis, lies the catacombs. The white assassin by hilary wagner my name is juniper, and i am keeping a lifechanging secret from the other rats in nightshade city. Read the white assassin book ii of the nightshade chronicles by hilary wagner available from rakuten kobo. Your favorite authors on rick riordans percy jackson and theolympians series. Document, elementary and junior high school, fiction, internet resource. The white assassin ebook by hilary wagner rakuten kobo.
Jul 02, 2015 hilary wagner at tuesday, february 10. She was an absolute joy to work with for this interview. Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the bloody coup turned the catacombs, a oncepeaceful democracy, into a. As for titles, i went back and forth briefly on what nightshade city would be called. Hilary wagner has done a very nice job of displaying evil and good in the embodiment of the ratsand even earthworms of nightshade city and their former home. Electronic books fiction juvenile works juvenile fiction. Rats are disappearing, and so juniper leads a search party topside, where they discover that prince pharmaceuticals, the insidious corporation that tortured so many rats, is back in business, still searching. The third volume of the nightshade chronicles nightshade city, 2010. Nightshade city is a wonderful tale of intelligent rats who are forced to live under the brutal high minister killdeer and billycan, a ruthless former lab whose favorite activity is to torture and kill his innocent subjects. Book i of the nightshade chronicles kindle edition by hilary wagner, omar rayyan, omar rayyan. Hilary wagners nightshade city one of the things i like best about participating in a writing group is the opportunity to read other members works and celebrate their successes.
At one point, i really liked the rats of nightshade city or simply the rats of nightshade. Juniper and his maverick bank of followers, helped by a tribe of earthworms, plot to overthrow their oppressors and liberate the citizens to create a new city. Hilary wagner contact information, biography, books, and blog. Here there be rats, intelligent rats, who suffer under the hand of the evil high minister killdeer and his. Deep in the southern swamps, he now rules a primitive horde of savage swamp rats eager to overrun nightshade city and claim it for their king. The white assassin by hilary wagner overdrive rakuten. Posts atom get nightshade city now, a cbc best book, and the book that started it all. To readers surprise and eventual delight, former ubervillain billycan is the hero of this installment.
Nightshade city nightshade chronicles, book i by hilary wagner and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hilary wagner is the author of the middlegrade fantasy series the nightshade chronicles holiday house. Jul 07, 2015 as for titles, i went back and forth briefly on what nightshade city would be called. Shes populated this world with some incredibly memorable characters and woven a complex and welllayered plot. Nightshade city by hilary wagner the catacombs is a dreary place, ruled by killdeer and his chief assassin billycan. A tribe of trillium rats, who are large, long lived, and highly. Book i of the nightshade chronicles the nightshade chronicles series by hilary wagner. Weve imprisoned billycan, but many of my friends dont understand why i havent had the murderous rat executed. Nightshade city ebook by hilary wagner rakuten kobo. With an award winning series published in america and most recently in france, childrens author, hilary wagner, has been writing nonstop since her first book in the nightshade chronicles, nightshade city, debuted in late 2010. Some of the older rats who live there can remember back to the glory days when trilok was in power and was a fair leader the days before the bloody coup and the flood that killed many.
My uncle juniper has been secretly watching out for me since my parents deaths, but killdeer and billycan will kill him. Get nightshade city now, a cbc best book, and the book that started it all. The rats of trillium city are underground and have been so for years. Book ii of the nightshade chronicles begins three years after juniper and his rebel band liberated the catacombs from bi. Her first book, nightshade city, launched the nightshade chronicles and received wide critical acclaim. Posted by hilary wagner at tuesday, february 10, 2015 3 comments. Nightshade city by hilary wagner october 7, 2010 the dragon 5 comments animal tales are the best, and hilary wagner has created a delightfully creepy fantasy filled with adventure and great deeds in her debut novel nightshade city. Except one of the things i love about what hilary does in nightshade city is that she avoids scenes of direct exposition. So begins the gripping conclusion to hilary wagner s nightshade chronicles. Oct 01, 2010 hilary wagner lives in the chicago suburbs. Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the catacombs, a kingdom of remarkable rats of superior intellect. Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the bloody coup turned the catacombs, a oncepeaceful democracy, into a brutal dictatorship ruled by decadent high minist. Jun 01, 2011 hilary wagner has done a very nice job of displaying evil and good in the embodiment of the ratsand even earthworms of nightshade city and their former home. Hilary wagner contact information, biography, books, and.
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