The Twistrose Key
core novel 2013 The Twistrose Key
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.81 (2,699 ratings, collected 2026-10-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780803738959 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
When a mysterious parcel addressed simply to Rosenquist arrives at her family's rented house, eleven-year-old Lin Rosenquist knows the package must be for her. Frost covers the flowerbed even in a rainstorm, and when the secret key inside, marked Twistrose, arrives for her, Lin finds a crack in the cellar and unlocks a gate to the world of Sylver, a wintry realm populated by animals that were once beloved pets or tamed wild animals, among them her own vole, Rufus. There she must find the missing Winter Prince before she can return home. Tone Almhjell's debut, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr, which Kirkus called fantasy that evokes the classics of yore and stands proudly among them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Twistrose Key
- Series: The Twistrose Key core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tone Almhjell
Notes
- From the series record (The Twistrose Key): Tone Almhjell's two novels of Sylver.
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 The Twistrose Key: position 1 of 2: next Thornghost (2016)
Sources
- Author page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles)
- Penguin Random House (publisher page, with praise)
- Carnegie-Stout Public Library catalogue (Dial first edition)
- Goleta Valley Library catalogue (publisher summary)
- Little, Brown (publisher description, via Dogo Books)
- Publishers Weekly (review, via Walmart listing)
- Thryft (Little, Brown UK edition record and description)
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