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The Kingdom by the Sea (Collins Modern Classics)
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Kingdom by the Sea (Collins Modern Classics)
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Robert Westall
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| Series | Collins Modern Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780007301416
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint |
HarperCollins
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| Publication Date |
28 May 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Guardian award-winning novel about courage, friendship and war. Reissued into the Collins Modern Classic list. When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and has only himself to rely on. Anxious that he will be sent to live with his fussy Cousin Elsie he goes on the run across the war-battered land of North East England, his only friend in his journey a stray dog that he meets on the beach. Will Harry ever find a place to call home again, or will he be on the run forever?
Author Biography
Robert Westall was born October 1929, in Tynemouth, England. His first book, The Machine Gunners, was published in 1975, for which he won the Carnegie Medal. Amongst many more prizes and accolades, he won the Carnegie for the second time in 1980, with The Scarecrows. He died in 1993.
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