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Tales from Weird Street
Series: Weird Street
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The children of Weir(d) Street challenge one another to recount strange and eerie happenings in their neighbourhood. From a grandfather haunted by his twin brother's past, to a young waiter who serves up unexpected justice to rude customers, and a hardworking boy blessed by a golden-haired stranger, these stories brim with drama and suspense.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Particularly suitable for readers aged 9 and above with a reading age of 8.
Quirky tales of derring-do and mystery, from a much-loved author and multi award-winning author. Perfect to thrill and chill.
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Quirky tales of derring-do and mystery that both thrill and chill, from a much-loved and multi-award-winning author.
The children of Weir(d) Street are lazing about one sunny day when they challenge each other to tell stories of all the odd goings-on in their neighbourhood. A grandfather's guilt at the long-ago death of his twin brother, a young waiter whose rude customers get more than they bargain for, and a hard-working boy who finds himself blessed by a golden-haired stranger – the Weird Street tales are full of drama and suspense!
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Series: Weird Street
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LoveReading4Kids praises it as "so cleverly constructed, so skilfully told that it builds almost imperceptibly to a climax that will leave readers gasping." BookTrust calls it "a masterclass in storytelling... fascinating, entertaining and just creepy enough." Parents in Touch highlights its clever narrative framework and high enjoyability.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781781125724
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Vicki Gausden
Audience: Children, Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 64
About the Author
An acclaimed and award-winning author of books for both adults and children, Anne Fine was the second Waterstones Children's Laureate holding the post from 2001 to 2003. Fine began writing in the 1970's and since then has written more than seventy books for children of all ages as well as novels for adults. Amongst her best-known works are Goggle-Eyes, which won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the coveted Carnegie Medal, Flour Babies, which also won the Carnegie, Madame Doubtfire, later adapted into the hit children's film Mrs Doubtfire, and Bill's New Frock. In 2003 Anne Fine was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE.
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