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21%OFFMarcus Sedgwick - My Swordhand is Singing - 9781842555583 - V9781842555583
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My Swordhand is Singing

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Description for My Swordhand is Singing Paperback. An original interpretation of the timelessley fascinating vampire myth, and a story of father and son. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.

An original interpretation of the timelessly fascinating vampire myth, and a story of father and son, by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. Winner of the Booktrust Teenage Prize and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter, Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in Chust. Despite the villagers' lack of hospitality, they settle there as woodcutters. But there are many things Peter does not understand. Why does Tomas dig a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut so they live on an isolated island? Why does Tomas carry a long battered box everywhere they go ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
199g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842555583
SKU
V9781842555583
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a full time author. His first novel, Floodland, won the Branford Boase Award for the best debut children's novel of 2000. Since then his books have been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Find his website ... Read more

Reviews for My Swordhand is Singing
'a bloodthirsty tale which grips readers from the off.'
Tom Lewis, WS Cheltenham WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY 'Marcus Sedgwick paints a chilling and irresistibly Gothic picture of the fight between good against evil. This book is tense, unnerving and well-structured - it scared me right to the end and I could not put it down.'
Anna Hickling ... Read more

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