Jim Button and the Wild 13
core novel 1962 Jim Button
Record
| Original title | Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 |
|---|---|
| First published | 1962 |
| Original language |  DE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.32 (4,284 ratings, collected 2026-09-24) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9783522149907 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A year after their first adventure, Jim Button and Luke the engine driver are back on the island of Morrowland, with Luke's locomotive Emma and Jim's own small engine, Molly. A new journey takes them back across the strange lands they have come to know, to the Magnetic Cliffs, where stones from the rock face let them turn Emma into a machine that can fly, and to old friends such as Mr. Tur Tur, the apparent giant, and the half-dragon Nepomuk. While they are away, Molly is carried off by the Wild 13, the pirate gang once responsible for kidnapping children and selling them to the dragon Mrs. Grindtooth. The reformed dragon, now wise, tells Jim how he may learn about his own past, and with the Emperor of Mandala's help, and Princess Li Si stowing away, the friends set out after the pirates.
Where it sits
- Universe: Jim Button
- Series: Jim Button core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Ende
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the Thienemann edition (28th printing, 1993) of the German original, per the German National Library; the 1962 first edition predates ISBNs.
- From the series record (Jim Button): An orphan boy raised on the tiny island of Lummerland by locomotive engineer Luke sets off aboard Luke's seafaring steam engine on adventures that eventually uncover Jim's own royal origins.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Jim Button: position 2 of 2: previous Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (1960)
Sources
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