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Nyr: Secret Friends

Nyr: Secret Friends

by Elizabeth Laird (Author), Jason Cockroft (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.25

  • Used

    Paperback 1999

    $3.25
Synopsis

"It's crazy, starting at a new school. For days you feel so new and lost it's as if you've wandered into a foreign country where you can't speak the language." This haunting story about Rafaella, the new girl at school who finds making friends hard, is a stunning piece of writing. With her strange name and sticking out ears she's different from the rest. Lucy is the first to tease, the first to call her 'Earwig'. Until a secret friendship starts, full of warmth and mystery ...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 12 Dec 2002
ISBN 10: 0340664738
ISBN 13: 9780340664735
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A charming tale for newly-confident readers who enjoy well written, more demanding stories with chapters and haunting illustrations.
 Prizes: Shortlisted for LA Carnegie Medal 1997 and Carnegie Medal 1997.

Media Reviews
Beautifully written, evokes strong emotions * Good Book Guide *
Conveys so much, so simply and so well * The Scotsman *
Author Bio
Elizabeth Laird's family is Scottish but she was born in New Zealand and grew up in Surrey. After studying languages at Bristol & Edinburgh Universities, she worked in Ethiopia and India where she met her husband, David McDowall, a writer on Middle Eastern affairs. They have two children.