The Third-Class Genie (Collins Modern Classics) - Softcover

Leeson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006754821 ISBN 13: 9780006754824

Verlag: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Alec’s world changes when he meets Abu the genie!

Disasters were leading two-nil on Alec’s disaster-triumph scorecard when he slipped into the vacant factory lot, with Ginger Wallace hot on his heels, ready to destroy him. There was a catastrophe awaiting him at home too, and of course school was yet another disaster area.

But his luck seemed to be changing when he discovered a sealed beer can that was obviously empty. Stranger still, when he held it up to his ear, he could hear a faint snoring…

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Born in Cheshire in 1928, Robert Leeson was a journalist for forty years, interrupted by army service in Egypt. He began to write for children in the 1960s and has had over 65 books published including ‘The Third Class Genie – now a Collins Modern Classic- and The Demon Bike Rider. In 1985 he received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children’s literature. Married, with a son and daughter, Robert lives in Hertfordshire.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

Disasters were leading two-nil on Alec's disaster-triumph scorecard when he slipped into the vacant factory lot with Ginger Wallace hot on his heels, ready to destroy him. There was a catastrophe awaiting him at home too, and of course school was yet another disaster area.
But his luck seemed to be changing when he discovered a sealed beer can that was obviously empty. Stranger still, when he held it up to his ear, he could hear faint snoring . . .

'"The Third-Class Genie' should be in the pocket of every young reader. A splendid yarn."
GROWING POINT

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0006754821
• ISBN 13: 9780006754824
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar