The Box Boys and the Magic Shell (Hodder read alone)

The Box Boys and the Magic Shell (Hodder read alone)

by Anthony Lewis (Illustrator), JennyNimmo (Author)

Synopsis

The Box Boys aren't brothers, but they were born on the same day in the same year.and they have the same surname! And when they get together, John and Scott Box always find adventure of a magical kind . . .



John is woken one night by the sound of someone softly calling his name, and he searches the house to find out who it is. When he discovers the conch shell that his Uncle Vince brought back from his travels, John can't believe it - but the shell is really calling to him. The shell wants to go back where she belongs - to the sea. The next day, John and Scott set off the for the seaside, but will they make it in time . . .

$12.52

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 15 Jul 1999

ISBN 10: 0340732903
ISBN 13: 9780340732908

Author Bio
Jenny Nimmo read avidly as a child and still does. Her first job was five years with Theatre South East,and she went on to be a governness in Italy, a photographic researcher then an Assistant Floor Manager for the BBC before becoming a writer and director for BBC children's programmmes. She had her first book children's book published in 1975 and many more were to come, including The Snow Spider, which won her the Smarties Prize in 1986.