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Item Details
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THE SANDFATHER
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| By: |
Linda Newbery |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£0.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1842555480 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781842555484 |
| Publisher: |
HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2009 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Excluded from school, Hal is desperate to learn about his father and find his own identity in this brilliant and tense drama from an award-winning author. |
| Synopsis: |
Hal's life is in upheaval: trouble at school; problems at home; a quarrel with friends. Then Hal is sent to his grandfather's seaside home. Soon, his anger is absorbed by the pull of the crashing waves, buffeted by the tides, smoothed by the endless sands. Yet thoughts of the father he has never known won't go away. In fact, soon his dad seems to be everywhere: in the sand figures Hal makes on the beach; in his dreams; in the shape of Wesley Prince, his mother's old boyfriend. Since no one will tell him the truth, Hal is determined to find out for himself. Will his elusive father ever come into his life? Or is he no more substantial than the sandfather, blurred and dissolved by the incoming tide? |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
| Prizes: |
Commended for Carnegie Medal 2010 (UK)
Commended for IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010 (UK)
Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2009 (UK)
Short-listed for Essex Book Award 2010 (UK)
Short-listed for The Lennox Author Award 2009 (UK)
Long-listed for The Brilliant Book Award 2009 (UK) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 4.6
Interest Level : MY+
Points : 8
Quiz number : 216929
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