Learn more about author Garth Nix and the books in his Keys to the Kingdom series

1. Garth Nix
Author

2. • Born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia
• He’s had many different jobs, including book
editor, bookseller, and part-time soldier in the
Australian Army Reserve
• He writes award-winning fantasy novels
• He’s sold more than 5 million copies worldwide
• He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and 2
children
Biography

3. Garth Nix Books
Arthur Penhaligon, destined to die at a young
age, is saved by a key shaped like the minute
hand of a clock, but his survival invokes the
wrath of the mysterious Mister Monday who
will stop at nothing to get the key back, and
Arthur is forced into a desperate quest to
unravel the secrets of the key and discover his
true fate.
The Keys to the Kingdom Series

4. Arthur, having survived an encounter with a
strange house that nearly killed him on
Monday, has to return again when his family
and the entire world is threatened by Grim
Tuesday.
The Keys to the Kingdom

5. Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including
strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and
Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens
both her world and Arthur's.
The Keys to the Kingdom

6. When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army
of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must
survive basic training, avoid getting posted to
the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four
of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's
doppleganger on Earth.
The Keys to the Kingdom

7. Still holding the fourth key, Arthur Penhaligon
receives a suspicious offer from Lady Friday
and travels to the Middle House to find out if
he should accept it.
The Keys to the Kingdom

8. Even as he grows stronger and closer to
discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur
must face further dangers and conflicts as he
struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the
powerful Saturday.
The Keys to the Kingdom

9. As Arthur Penhaligon seeks to find the seventh
key, complete his quest to save the Kingdom to
which he is heir, and learn his true identity, he
discovers that he has a greater purpose than he
could have imagined.
The Keys to the Kindgom

10. Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer
Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious
and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father
from the Land of the Dead.
Abhorsen Trilogy, Book #1

11. • www.garthnix.com
• www.keystothekingdom.com.au
• www.oldkingdom.com.au
• www.troubletwisters.com.au
Related Websites

12. • In the LTE Library!
• Look for F NIX in the Fiction Section
Where can I find books by
Garth Nix?

13.  Images from:
• Goodreads, Inc. (2012). Search by book title, author, or ISBN.
Retrieved April 25, 2012, from http://www.goodreads.com/
• Amazon.com, Inc. (2012). Garth Nix. Retrieved April 28, 2012,
from
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000
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 Annotations from:
• TITLEWAVE | Follett Library Resources. (2012). Library and
Classroom Solutions. Retrieved April 25, 2012, from
http://titlewave.com/
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