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Original Title:	The Box of Delights
ISBN:	1590172515 (ISBN13: 9781590172513)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Kay Harker #2

The Box of Delights (Kay Harker #2)

John Masefield

Hardcover | Pages: 296 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 2857 Users | 213 Reviews

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Title	:	The Box of Delights (Kay Harker #2)
Author	:	John Masefield
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 296 pages
Published	:	October 23rd 2007 by NYR Children's Collection (first published 1935)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fantasy. Holiday. Christmas. Fiction

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Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too.

At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.

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3.5 stars. For the most part I really enjoyed it.

I enjoyed the film when it first came out and watched some of it regularly at Christmases afterwards just for the Christmassey mood it generated. It was overlong with episodes that bore no relation to the story just added in (I thought so the BBC could show off their burgeoning special effects department) and the next generation never took to it. I thought it was about time I read the classic book but it was exactly the same. It is a sort of dreamy, fantasy stream of consciousness (or perhaps

Apr. - fantasy Not the easiest book to get through. It's over 300 pages and the chapters (only 12) are very long. The transitions within the chapters are often blurred, making it harder to grasp what is going on where and when. Were this published today, I think separating the action into shorter chapters would have been done. Some bits are a little too convenient - deus ex machina.This is a curious mixture of reality and fantasy: we have gangsters, magic, time travel. At times it was difficult

We love this book and would rate it one of the best childrens books of all time. Written in beautiful and poetic language it evokes a magic rarely found. I feel the first seven chapters are excellent, after this there are some bits that feel a slog and there are some discussions between Abner and his staff that go on to the extent that now we have read it so many times I leave some bits out. Obviously a publisher these days would also point out that the ending should be changed ! This aside

When Kay comes home for the holidays, he meets a strange man who warns him, "The Wolves are running," and entrusts him with a magical Box to keep safe. The evil Abner Brown is after the box with his gang of kidnappers and cutthroats, and when people begin disappearing in Kay's town, Kay must use the Box to travel into the Past to save his friends.I had high expectations for this book, and while I did enjoy it, I was a little disappointed. The plot has many gaping holes in it, the characters act

Currently reading this with my son. I forgot just how good this book is! An all-time classic which takes me back to childhood.

I read this book most years at Christmas, it's something of a ritual. If I get the chance I watch the BBC adaptation as well. There is something so thrilling about the warning issued to Kay, the young hero: The wolves are running. Yet Kay is wonderfully matter-of-fact about his adventure, taking encounters with mysterious missionaries, scrobbled clergy, murderous pirates and Herne the Hunter in his stride. He's aided by visiting friends, including the intrepid Maria, but they do have a way of