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Description for The Lantern Moon
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 5AL; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Life is not easy for children in 1811. Annie Spears is a maid at Dinham house where Lucien Bonaparte is on parole. Her brother, William, makes silk top-hats for the mad hatter, while her little sister works as a glove-maker for the despicable Leonard Evans. They have not heard from their father since he was transported to Australia years ago.
When a fire destroys the Spears home and William and Annie are accused of theft, they take to the hills with Sam, the chimney sweep, trying to make their way to the sea. But great danger and deceptions lie ... Read more
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781848409439
SKU
KTM0004563
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Maeve Friel
Maeve Friel was born in Derry and educated in Dublin where she sometimes lives -- when she's not in Spain (or elsewhere; she gets around). She is a well-known Irish children's writer, the creator of the popular Tiger Lily trilogy and the Witch-in-Training series (all books for younger children, published in the UK) and has been the recipient of many ... Read more
Reviews for The Lantern Moon
'Maeve Friel's children's novels are written with style - The Lantern Moon is one of her very best titles, vigorously bringing history and its cast of credible characters and incidents assuredly to life.' - Robert Dunbar, commentator on children's books and reading