A wonderfully moving story

- <i>Times Educational Supplement</i>,

Twelve-year-old Anna is looking forward to the birth of her baby brother. Ben arrives, but is disabled and will never be like other children. Anna loves him with her whole heart, but she finds herself unable to admit the truth of Ben's condition to her school friends. Eventually the truth gets out and leads not to the ridicule Anna expected, but to sympathy and understanding.An emotional and wonderfully written story by Elizabeth Laird, Red Sky in the Morning was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal.
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Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and runner-up for the Children's Book Award, Red Sky in the Morning is remarkably moving and beautifully narrated.
A wonderfully moving story
Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and runner-up for the Children's Book Award, Red Sky in the Morning is remarkably moving and beautifully narrated.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509802937
Publisert
2016-02-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Macmillan Children's Books
Vekt
188 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

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Om bidragsyterne

Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of several much-loved children's books, including The Prince Who Walked with Lions and Oranges in No Man's Land. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal for Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, A Little Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.