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Lila wants to be a firework maker just like her father, but before she can even start she has to make a hazardous, life-threatening journey to the den of the evil Fire-Fiend, battling her way through strange lands and nightmarish scenarios with elephants and pirates and strange beasts a-plenty tempting her from her path.
Philip Pullman has plucked a rare, exotic and totally bewitching idea from thin air and has turned it into the kind of magical adventure that all children dream of, crackling and sparkling with the same thrilling intensity as the fireworks in Lila's dreams. Lila herself is divine--the perfect blend of light-footed heroine and stubborn adventurer--and The Firework- Maker's Daughter, illustrated by Nick Harris, is a deserving winner of the Smarties Book Prize. A simply superb, gripping, action-packed adventure that will live long in the memory of anyone who enters Lila's world. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An oriental adventure, bursting with excitement and humour, reissued in a new paperback edition with new illustrations.
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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great novel for readers of 8 and over, although younger ones may not get the jokes! This story is about Lila, who wants to be a firework maker. Her dad isn't keen because she's a girl (!), so she goes on a quest to achieve her ambition. On the way she meets some hilarious characters (parents will enjoy reading it for the eternally optomistic Rambashi alone) and takes part in exciting adventures. This novel is about working hard to achieve your dreams. My children found it funny and inspiring - they started to talk and think about their ambitions and laughed out loud at the jokes.
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Firework Makers Daughter is a great story about a young girl with a big ambitition.Wanting to follow in her fathers footsteps by becoming a firework maker,leads her through an adventure through jungles and caves,till she meets the ultimate firework makers test.I love this book and thats because it is so imaginative and mysterious.In compaarison to say Enid Blytons books,this book matches her standard of writing if it is not better.An unforgetable story that's not to be missed.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lila longs to be a fire-work maker, but her father is appalled at the idea she might follow in his footsteps, so tells her she can only achieve her heart's desire if she sets off to ask the Fire fiend. Her best friend the elephant boy, riding on the white elephant Hamlet, follows hot on her heels because Lila doesn't know that to survive she needs water from the goddess of the lake... and even if they succeed, Lila's father may be executed by the furious emperor unless she wins the contest. Rich with comic incidents (especially the bandit turned chef)it is one of the very best books you could read aloud to a 5 year old or give to a 7 year old.
A wonderful tale about how you can only get your heart's desire - especially as an artist - if you dare much and work for it, this is even better because of Peter Bailey's new illustrations for it.
A wonderful tale about how you can only get your heart's desire - especially as an artist - if you dare much and work for it, this is even better because of Peter Bailey's new illustrations for it.
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the Firemakers daughter
I bought this book for my son for his school topic, he found it easy to read and enjoyed his experience of reading a Phillip Pullman novel, he now has a taste for reading his other... Read more
Published 28 days ago by joshua
Highly recommended
Daughter was off the see this at the theatre with some friends. Thought will buy the book so she read it before the day trip to the theatre. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Abs
Brilliant book
Fantastic book! Very well written with a lot of mystery and intrigue! I'm reading it as part of my teacher training and think it's a fantastic book to use with the kids. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Irving
Superb!
Fantastic book! love it! Although there is a typo on page 15 of the book! See if you can spot it!
Published 7 months ago by Gumbo
The Firework Maker's Daughter
A thoroughly enjoyable read. This was purchased for a group in my Daughter's class to read together. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Lyn Flynn
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This is my very first Philip Pullman book.It was a good book.iT WAS boring at the startand finished brilliantly. I liked this book because there are lots of intresting bits. Read more
Published 17 months ago
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This books reads like a classic childrens book. The poor firework makers daughter wanting to be like her father and make fireworks. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. T. Marshall
warning for discerning parents
I bought this Pullman book thinking it might be suitable for my 10 yr old daughter. She is doing a project on China so I thought it might bring in an interesting aspect on Chinese... Read more
Published on 24 July 2008 by Reflections
The Firework Maker's Daughter
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a good sense of humour.
It is an extremely good adventure story that's very exciting. Read more
a good sense of humour.
It is an extremely good adventure story that's very exciting. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2006 by Nick Sale
A little cracker!
This book only took a couple of hours to read and was compelling. The imagery in the book is simply fabulous. Now which Pullman novel to read next??!!
Published on 29 Mar 2005
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