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The Pole-seekers (Hodder silver series)

The Pole-seekers (Hodder silver series)

by Meredith Hooper (Author)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2000

    $5.14
Synopsis

The year is 1901 and as men begin their journey to the South Pole, a company of rats on board their ship are about to do the same. This extraordinary children's story tells of the first expedition to the Antarctic from a rat's point of view.

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More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 07 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 0340757345
ISBN 13: 9780340757345
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID OF THE JOURNAL OF WATKIN STENCH: 'Emphatically written . . . We experience the raw hardships and extreme difficulties affecting the horrifyingly interwoven lives of rats and men. A good read.' - Books for Keeps

This clever spoof history certainly deserves to be included among the host of celebratory books on early Australian history. - Growing Point

In his pert, lively, observant and sometimes lyrical style, Watkin records the bleakness and strangeness that faced the pioneer newcomers. - Naomi Lewis in TES
Author Bio
Meredith Hooper is the highly acclaimed author of over 40 children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. A fourth-generation Australian, she lives in London but enjoys writing about Australia and frequently returns to her homeland. She is an historian by training, and many of her books, such as The Journal of Watkin Stench, have historical themes. As well as being short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, her work has appeared on TES Information Book and Australian Children's Book of the Year shortlists. On behalf of the US Congress the National Science Foundation awarded Meredith Hooper the Antarctica Service Medal in 2000. Meredith juggles her time between family, writing and research, and is an accomplished public speaker.