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Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
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Now, in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children can learn all about his real-life adventures too. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress and also wrote books and screenplays for adults. This concise and enjoyable biography is a must-read for fans of the man behind The BFG, Matilda, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and so much more. Puffin's 'Who Was . . . ?' book series presents clear and accessible...
2) Daphne
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It is 1957. As Daphne du Maurier wanders alone through her remote mansion on the Cornish coast, she is haunted by thoughts of her failing marriage and the legendary heroine of her most famous novel, Rebecca, who now seems close at hand. Seeking distraction, she becomes fascinated by Branwell, the reprobate brother of the Bront� sisters, and begins a correspondence with the enigmatic scholar Alex Symington in which truth and fiction combine. Meanwhile,...
3) The savage
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Blue?s father has died suddenly, and finding that the school?s counselling increases his anguish, instead he turns to writing a story. Ostensibly about a ?wild boy? who looks for food - animal or human - to eat, as Almond?s story progresses it becomes increasingly the inner story of Blue himself, wreaking vengeance on the boy who bullies him and taunts him about his father?s death. Almond?s revelations about child grief, as ever, are unsettling, as...
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