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Secret Water
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Secret Water
Hardcover. John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack..? Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 5AJ; YQE. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 201 x 147 x 35. Weight in Grams: 510.
'You’ll start with a blank map, that doesn’t do more than show roughly what’s water and what isn’t’
When the Walker family’s holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at sea. But a dull holiday for the children is too miserable to bear so their parents hatch a plan. The Swallows are to be marooned on an island with only a blank map and a little sailing dinghy. Their task? To explore and chart the area, avoid the endless mud and survive. And what do they discover? Well, they might not be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House Children's Publishers UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224606387
SKU
V9780224606387
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99
About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing ... Read more
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