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Bridle the Wind - Book 2 of the Felix Trilogy (Red Fox Older Fiction)

Bridle the Wind - Book 2 of the Felix Trilogy (Red Fox Older Fiction)

by JoanAiken (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

    $3.25
Synopsis

The second book in an adventure trilogy set in the early-19th century. Packed off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix Brooke feels sad and trapped. Although he has a home in England, his heart lies in Spain, so he runs away, but is shipwrecked off the French coast.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 06 Feb 1997
ISBN 10: 0099537818
ISBN 13: 9780099537816
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
Joan Aiken's Felix trilogy is definitely the kind of reading material you can never have enough of. It's got everything; adventure of almost every kind you could dream of, friendship, romance, history, travel ... To me these books are timeless, and every generation needs them. Bookwitch
Author Bio
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her s