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The Exiles: The Exiles At Home

The Exiles: The Exiles At Home

by HilaryMcKay (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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    Paperback 1998

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Synopsis

The second novel in the much-loved Exiles series and winner of the Smarties Prize. When Ruth Conroy decides to sponsor a child in Africa, she is unprepared for the difficulties involved in finding GBP10 a month. So she enlists the help of her sisters - Phoebe, Naomi and Rachel - who are only too eager to dream up hare-brained fund-raising schemes ...Undisciplined baby-sitters, unhygienic caterers or fraudulent pavement artists, their hilarious projects never fail to cause chaos and mayhem.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 06 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 0340950528
ISBN 13: 9780340950524
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Earning money to sponsor a child in Africa has never been so difficult, or more hilarious, as the four Conroy sisters discover! The second novel in the much-loved Exiles series and winner of the Smarties Prize.

Media Reviews
McKay has created a boisterous, chaotic family which always makes me want to rush out and adopt three sisters. * TES *

PRAISE FOR THE CASSON FAMILY BOOKS:
'Hilary McKay's wittily observed portrayals of family life are full of warmth, vitality and irrepressible good humour.'

* Kate Agnew, The Guardian *
McKay has a genius for domestic comedy. * The Sunday Times *
Hilary McKay's strength lies in her understanding of young people and her ability to evoke them very simply. * The Guardian *
Author Bio
Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children`s Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and Saffy`s Angel won the Whitbread. A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two children.