Book ID: Boy called Sebastian, witches, cats, 1970s/80s
Matthew Wilson
(possibly a series of books) about a boy called Sebastian, who had
adventures with witches and cats. It's not much to go on, I know. If this
rings any bells, please let me know.
Many thanks,
Matt
S Wittman
Perhaps _The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian_ by Lloyd Alexander?
From http://books.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n2/n10702.htm?authorid=5428
"When fourth fiddler Sebastian loses his place in the Baron's
orchestra, he has to leave the only home he knows--which turns out to
be the least of his troubles. He rescues a stray cat from a group of
tormentors, who then smash his precious violin; and the troubled young
boy he tries to help turns out to be the Crown Princess, on the run
from an arranged marriage. Sebastian, Princess Isabel, and Presto the
cat soon find themselves fleeing stuffy officials, hired assassins,
furious guardsmen and sentries--and, in their journey, find out what
is truly important in life."
Published 1970
SW
D. Gascoyne
"Matthew Wilson" <mwils...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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decorative line drawings with thin long-legged people? It's a cross-world
fantasy - no witches, but there is an important cat, the main character is
Sebastian, and there's magic (an evil wizard and a captive princess or some
such)
S Wittman
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>> I am trying to ID a children's book my wife read in the late 70s, early
>80s
>> (possibly a series of books) about a boy called Sebastian, who had
>> adventures with witches and cats. It's not much to go on, I know. If this
>> rings any bells, please let me know.
>decorative line drawings with thin long-legged people? It's a cross-world
>fantasy - no witches, but there is an important cat, the main character is
>Sebastian, and there's magic (an evil wizard and a captive princess or some
>such)
Ah, the ever elusive Victoria Walker. If this is it, good luck
finding the book.
_Winter of Enchantment_ has a sequel, _The House called Hadlows_.
Garth Nix was talking about trying to get a publisher to reprint them,
but that was in 2000, so I assume that didn't work out. This effort
was probably doomed even if there was interest because as Neil Gaiman
found in 2002, nobody knows where she is (cf.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2002_06_02_archive.asp)
SW
Barbara Needham
I agree... Lloyd Alexander came to mind right away when I read the first
posting. Of course I've been wrong before...
--
Barbara Needham
D. Gascoyne
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flurry of discussion some weeks back which revealed the current ridiculous
(I think) prices being asked for these two books. I've never read the
sequel, but had _Winter of Enchantment_ out of the library a few times (to
think - I probably could have scored it as a library reject if I'd kept my
eyes open 15 or so years ago!). It was good, but not THAT good... just
because Garth Nix and Neil Gaiman liked it...
Debbie
Bookworm01
maybe two cats one called sebastian the other tomas. The stories kept
mentioning a key I think. They were definitely around in 1979/1980. I am
wondering if any primary school teachers remember them. Hope someone
knows more.
Bookworm01
Had a real stroke of luck and remembered the cat was called Tobias, google
did the rest. The books can be located here
http://www.timandthehiddenpeople.moonfruit.com/
for all the information you need. If you then type the ISBN nos into
Amazon, or similar online book store they can be ordered.
Good luck
Bookworm01
attie201266
myself have you any or no any more information there was about a boy
Sebastian and a cat and a wizard and a creature called the griffon
imprisoned by a spell and chained they came in paperback form
Diana Hutchison
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I think that this is Sheila McCullagh's _Tim and the hidden people_ series.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_and_the_Hidden_People
and
http://timandthehiddenpeople.moonfruit.com/
Diana
Cori
> Ah, the ever elusive Victoria Walker. If this is it, good luck
> finding the book.
>
> _Winter of Enchantment_ has a sequel, _The House called Hadlows_.
>
> Garth Nix was talking about trying to get a publisher to reprint them,
> but that was in 2000, so I assume that didn't work out. This effort
> was probably doomed even if there was interest because as Neil Gaiman
> found in 2002, nobody knows where she is (cf.
> http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2002_06_02_archive.asp)
>
> SW
SHE'S BEEN FOUND! Read all about it here:
http://forums.abebooks.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=abecom&msg=876.1&maxT=11
The Children's Book Council Poll to nominate books for reprinting is
still going on. No guarantee that nominating a book will result in its
actually being reprinted, but it couldn't hurt for as many as possible
people to vote for these books to try to get them into the top ten!
Cori
