# Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Hardcover

by **Salman Rushdie** (Author), **Jessica Hische** (Illustrator)

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**R is for Rushdie.** Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel _Haroun and the Sea of Stories_ inhabits the same imaginative space as _Gulliver's Travels_, _Alice in Wonderland_, and _The Wizard of Oz_. Haroun, a 12-year-old boy sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.

### Author Biography

**Salman Rushdie** is the author of eleven novels--_Grimus_, _Midnight's Children_ (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), _Shame_, _The Satanic Verses_, _Haroun and the Sea of Stories_, _The Moor's Last Sigh_, _The Ground Beneath Her Feet_, _Fury_, _Shalimar the Clown_, _The Enchantress of Florence_, and _Luka and the Fire of Life_\--and one collection of short stories: _East, West_. He has also published three works of nonfiction: _The Jaguar Smile_, _Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991_, and _Step Across This Line_, coedited two anthologies, _Mirrorwork_ and _Best American Short Stories 2008_, and published _Joseph Anton: A Memoir_. His numerous literary prizes include the Booker Prize for _Midnight's Children_ and the Whitbread Prize for _The Satanic Verses_.

**Jessica Hische** is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a _Forbes Magazine_ 30 under 30 in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of _Print Magazine_'s New Visual Artists. She has designed for Wes Anderson, _McSweeney's_, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others. She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.83 x 7.93 x 5.46 IN

**Publication Date:** April 23, 2014

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Haroun and the Sea of Stories

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 6.9

**Point Value:** 7

## Details

- **Price:** 28.0 USD
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