The Baby And Fly Pie

The Baby And Fly Pie

by Melvin Burgess (Author), Melvin Burgess (Author)

Synopsis

'We're the rubbish kids, losers and orphans. Every day we go out on to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly'. For Sham, Fly Pie and his sister Jane, this is the grim reality of their lives. Then one day everything changes when they find a baby on the Tip - a baby worth seventeen million pounds...This discovery takes them into a savage, lonely city and so begins an endless fight for survival.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 02 Aug 2012

ISBN 10: 1849394555
ISBN 13: 9781849394550
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A new edition of this Melvin Burgess classic.

Media Reviews
Gritty and realistic, this novel touches and challenges, and certainly can't be put down. * Books for Keeps *
Totally gripping and charged with intense emotion. * Mail on Sunday *
Author Bio
Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature.