by Garth Nix · Scholastic · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780439551236
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«Mister Monday» is Garth Nix's young adult fantasy novel, published by Scholastic in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Arthur Penhaligon, a boy destined for an early death, saves his life thanks to a key shaped like a minute hand given to him by the strange Mister Monday. The object brings with it a plague and creatures from another realm, and pushes Arthur toward a mysterious house that only he can see, where he must unravel the secrets of the key and his destiny.
First volume of the series The Keys to the Kingdom, winner of the Aurealis Award for best long children's fiction in 2003.
For fans of young adult fantasy: an adventure with parallel worlds, magical keys, and a hero who never wanted to be one.
Garth Richard Nix is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the perfect name for a writer of fantasy. However, it is my real name."
