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Item Details
Title:
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FIREBIRD
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By: |
Susan Gates |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£5.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0141319046 |
ISBN 13: |
9780141319049 |
Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
7 July, 2005 |
Pages: |
176 |
Description: |
Set in a dystopian vision of the future, Firebird and her brother Ford live in a swamp on the edge of the city with their father and grandmother. Ages 11+ years. |
Synopsis: |
Set in a dystopian vision of the future, Firebird and her brother Ford live in a swamp on the edge of the city with their father and grandmother. They make a living by trapping eels - or so they believe until they discover that the eel smokery has been closed for a year, and that the family's money comes from the bags that Firebird makes from dried eel skins. Their shock at discovering that their whole lives have been based on lies - of which the most shocking is that their mother is still alive - coincides with a cataclysmic storm which destroys the swamp and kills their father. Slowly the family has to reassess their whole way of life and, indeed, who they actually are. |
Reader Age: |
From 12 To 99 |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Puffin Books |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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Book Level : 4.9
Interest Level : Middle Yrs
Points : 7
Quiz number : 223100
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