| Title:
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JACK MAGGS
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| By: |
Peter Carey |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571193773 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571193776 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
8 June, 1998 |
| Pages: |
36 |
| Description: |
Jack Maggs, raised and deported as a criminal, has returned from Australia in secret and at great risk. What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush town-house in Great Queen Street? |
| Synopsis: |
This title is part of a series of nine plays for children aged seven to nine. It is intended for guided reading sessions and is in line with literacy guidance. Each play in the series provides: easy-to-read text; colour-coded character parts for easy recognition; stage directions to introduce children to the features of play scripts; illustrations that help to bring the play and its characters to life; and background information and ideas for reading or staging the play. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Prizes: |
Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book South East Asia and
Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 1998
Short-listed for WH Smith Literary Prize 1998
Short-listed for Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award 1997 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |