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A Slice of the Moon
Sandi Toksvig
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Description for A Slice of the Moon
Paperback. Thousands of people are dying from starvation and disease in Ireland. Slim Hannigan and his family have had enough. They sell everything they have to pay for passage on a boat, and leave Ireland, bound for New York in search of a new life in America, determined to survive .. Series: A Slice of the Moon. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . . Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them. Slim soon ... Read more
Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . . Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them. Slim soon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
A Slice of the Moon
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552566599
SKU
V9780552566599
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Sandi Toksvig
Following a first-class degree from Cambridge, Sandi Toksvig went into the theatre, where she both wrote and performed before becoming one of the founder members of the Comedy Store Players. She is well known for her television and radio work, as a presenter, writer and actor. She has written many books for children.
Reviews for A Slice of the Moon
Writing in the voice of a child and supporting the radicals against the establishment, Sandi Toksvig leaves an impression of courage in the face of adversity.
Guardian
History is brought convincingly and absorbingly to life
Nicolette Jones
The Sunday Times
Sandi Toksvig's mini-epic is a roller-coaster of a read that races ... Read more
Guardian
History is brought convincingly and absorbingly to life
Nicolette Jones
The Sunday Times
Sandi Toksvig's mini-epic is a roller-coaster of a read that races ... Read more