Secrets - Hardcover

Wilson, Jacqueline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385601824 ISBN 13: 9780385601825

Verlag: Doubleday Children's Books, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 219 pages; Physical description: 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary: India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother. She is devoted to her nan but lives in fear of having to go back to live with her mother and violent stepfather. A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. And when Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite author. India hasn't got a real Secret Annexe but she has got a hidden attic... A fantastic new novel from the bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson about two girls from very different backgrounds, who are inspired by a famous young writer. Subjects: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 - Achterhuis - Juvenile fiction. Social classes - Juvenile fiction. Girls - Juvenile fiction.

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"* 'A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES * 'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emtional issues' BOOKSELLER

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India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother. She is devoted to her nan but lives in fear of having to go back to live with her mother and violent stepfather. A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. And when Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite author. India hasn't got a real Secret Annexe but she has got a hidden attic...A fantastic new novel from our bestselling author about two girls from very different backgrounds, who are inspired by a famous young writer.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Doubleday Children's Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385601824
• ISBN 13: 9780385601825
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Zeichner: Sharratt Nick