Devil-In-The-Fog

by Leon Garfield (Author), Leon Garfield (Author), Jason Cockroft (Illustrator)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.27

  A dramatic and eerie story of lost identity and family secrets, told in Leon Garfield's memorable and distinctive style. George Treet is happy with his life as part of a family of travelling actors. But George's world turns upside down when he discovers that Mr Treet is not his real father, and that he must go and live with his real family. Where someone, somewhere out in the fog, is waiting for him...BLLeon Garfield was one of the most celebrated children's authors of the twentieth century, and won the Guardian Award, The Whitbread Award, and the Carnegie medal BLThis is a fast-moving, exciting read and is accompanied by atmospheric black and white line drawings by acclaimed artist Jason Cockcroft

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.27

  This book tells the spell-binding tale of George Treet, a boy who is quite content with his life as part of a family of travelling actors. Until one day his father tells him that he isn't really his son and is, in fact, the son of a rich and powerful man. George must enter a new world, complete with strange servants, an unfriendly mother, a dying father, and a murderous uncle. Award-winning, well-known author. * Illustrated in black and white by leading children's artist, Jason Cockcroft. * Also on OUP list by the same author: Mr Corbett's Ghost , Jack Holborn , and Black Jack . * Recognized as a major literary author of twentieth century. * Oxford Children's Modern Classic is now a firmly established series with a reputation for quality publishing.