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Tanglewreck

Tanglewreck

by JeanetteWinterson (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $4.29
Synopsis

In a house called Tanglewreck lives a girl called Silver and her guardian Mrs Rockerbye. Unbeknown to Silver there is a family treasure in the form of a seventeenth century watch called The Timekeeper and this treasure holds the key to the mysterious and frightening changes in time. When Silver goes on the run to try and protect herself and The Timekeeper a remarkable and compelling adventure unfolds full of brilliance and wit, as is befitting an author with the imagination and style of Jeanette Winterson.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Export ed
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 0747583552
ISBN 13: 9780747583554
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A little way in the future, time is distorting. Time Tornadoes are causing havoc. People are whirled out of their own time, never to return and a woolly mammoth has been seen on the banks of the River Thames. But time is big business, and who ever gets control of time, controls life as we know it!

Media Reviews
'If you want true literary genius, read Jeanette Winterson's young-adult novels, a stunning new facet of her career which began with Tanglewreck. They're too clever for me to summarise' Guardian
Author Bio
This is Jeanette Winterson's second book for children. Her first book, King of Capri illustrated by Jane Ray was very well received. Jeanette's first novel, 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit' won the Whitbread Award.