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Year 6: Sky Ship and other stories (White Wolves: Comparing Work)

Year 6: Sky Ship and other stories (White Wolves: Comparing Work)

by Geraldine Mc Caughrean (Author), Geraldine Mc Caughrean (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Geraldine McCaughrean's best-loved novels all have an historical theme - her passion for history is evident in this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these five tales is set in the past at a moment of scientific or historical significance. Read about the book that changed the world and inspired Christopher Columbus and Da Vinci; why eleven days vanished from the English calendar in 1752 - and much more besides!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: A&C Black Childrens & Educational
Published: 20 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 0713670282
ISBN 13: 9780713670288
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Geraldine McCaughrean is one of Britain's most highly-acclaimed children's authors. Recent successes include Stop the Train and The Kite Rider, both of which were shortlisted for the 2002 Carnegie Medal. A welcome return to A & C Black's fiction list by the author of the bestselling Flashbacks title, Casting the Gods Adrift. There's a real demand for short stories in schools and also as a wonderful taster for a writer's work. Part of the specialliy-commissioned White Wolves fiction range for 7-11 year olds, written in consultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. Each year group will have three stand-alone titles

Author Bio
Born in London, Geraldine worked in publishing for many years before marrying and turning to writing full-time. Since then she has published scores of outstanding books, including the Whitbread Award-winning A Little Lower Than the Angels and Gold Dust and A Pack of Lies, which won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.