Beaver Towers is a children's fantasy novel by British author Nigel Hinton which was first published in 1980. It was his first novel written for children and is the first installment in the Beaver Towers series. It follows the story of Philip, a schoolboy dragged off by his kite to an island ruled by intelligent talking animals under threat from a wicked witch and her servants.

Beaver Towers
Cover of the first edition
AuthorNigel Hinton
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction, fantasy
PublisherAbelard-Schuman (original USA), Knight, Galaxy, Puffin Books (current)
Publication date
4 September 1980
Media typeHardback, Paperback, E-book
ISBN978-0200727259
Followed byBeaver Towers: the Witch's Revenge 

Concept

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The author wanted to write a story sending a young boy to an island with the kind of dangers, magic and excitement not expected to be found in reality, and someone mentioned kites.[1]

The series

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The books in the series are:

  1. Beaver Towers (1980)
  2. The Witch's Revenge (1981)
  3. The Dangerous Journey (1986); also published as Run to Beaver Towers
  4. The Dark Dream (1997)

References

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  1. ^ "Concept for the novel". Nigel Hinton website. Retrieved 5 October 2014.