Krabat

By Otfried Preußler

Book Overview

A dark thriller about a boy forcibly made apprentice to a sorcerer, set against enchanted woods and shadowy ruins.

"One of my favorite books." --Neil Gaiman

New Year's has passed. Twelfth Night is almost here. Krabat, a fourteen-year-old beggar boy dressed up as one of the Three Kings, is traveling from village to village singing carols. One night he has a strange dream in which he is summoned by a faraway voice to go to a mysterious mill--and when he wakes he is irresistibly drawn there. At the mill he finds eleven other boys, all of them, like him, the apprentices of its Master, a powerful sorcerer, as Krabat soon discovers. During the week the boys work ceaselessly grinding grain, but on Friday nights the Master initiates them into the mysteries of the ancient Art of Arts. One day, however, the sound of church bells and of a passing girl singing an Easter hymn penetrates the boys' prison: At last a plan is set in motion that will win them their freedom and put an end to the Master's dark designs.

Krabat & the Sorcerer's Mill was one of Cornelia Funke's most beloved books as a child, and it is easy to see why. It is a wondrous story of magic, black and white; of courage and cunning; and of high adventure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681377918
• ISBN13: 9781681377919
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Nyrb Kids
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

One of the few books I enjoyed reading in school / eines der wenigen Bücher, die ich gerne in der Sc

I read this book with my class in seventh grade. The entire class greatly enjoyed it; the story was easy to follow, even as a pre-teen, and the suspense was breathtaking. A success! Ich habe diesen Roman in der siebten Klasse gelesen, und erstaunlicherweise hat es allen meiner Mitschülern gefallen. Sogar als elfjährige konnten wir die Geschichte gut folgen und die Spannung ließ nie nach. Ein großer Erfolg von Preußler!

Sehr Spannend!

Sehr spannend! Ich habe dieses Buch vor 7 Jahren gelesen und war vom ersten Kapitel beeindruckt. Das Geheimnis der Zauberschule, die sich in der Mühle befindet, und die tödliche Gefahr, die dazu kommt, versichern, dass keine Minute beim Lesen langweilig ist.

Forget Harry Potter!

Südsachsen, im Land der Wenden, 17.Jahrhundert. Der Waisenjunge Krabat hört in den Rauhnächten immer wieder im Traum die Worte „Komm nach Schwarzkollm in die Mühle, es wird nicht dein Schaden sein." Er fragt sich also zu dieser Mühle durch, bemerkt wohl, dass die Einheimischen erschrocken auf seine Frage reagieren, dennoch geht er zur Mühle und verdingt sich beim Müller als Lehrjunge. In der Mühle geht es nicht ganz mit rechten...

One of the best--and scariest--books I read as a child.

I read this years ago, as a child and in Russian, and I still remember the feeling of genuine dread (and triumph) this story inspired. Even as I think of it now, I feel the hair rise on the back of my neck. The evil in the book does not chase after you--it waits for you to come to it, and invariably, you do. In that sense, the title THE SATANIC MILL is unfortunate--you expect the mill to be Satanic; in Russian translation,...

This book will touch your heart

I read this book as a child about 25 years ago, and it seems as if it was just yesterday. I read the German version which is simply titled 'Krabat'. I think the English title might prevent people from buying it, and that's a real shame. This is a very special story that I look forward to sharing with my children.