The Very Wicked Headmistress

The Very Wicked Headmistress

by Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator), Margaret Mahy (Author), Margaret Mahy (Author), Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator), Margaret Mahy (Author)

Synopsis

The wicked Miss Taffeta, notorious cheater and blackmailer, former trapeze artist and the human cannonball, opens a select school for rich young ladies. Everything seems perfectly normal until certain happenings at the school make the girls suspicious. Is Miss Taffeta a mistress of disguise as well? Huge fun from the endlessly original pen of Margaret Mahy with witty illustrations from Margaret Chamberlain.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 96
Edition: New
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
Published: 01 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 1903015464
ISBN 13: 9781903015469

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Author Bio
Margaret Mahy is acknowledged all over the world as one of the outstanding children's writers of today, and has published over 200 titles. Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal, several of her titles have become modern classics. In 2006 she was presented with the Hans Christian Andersen medal, which is the highest international recognition granted to authors and illustrators of children's books. She lives in New Zealand. Margaret Chamberlain is a well-respected illustrator of children's books. She lives in Dorset. Her books for Frances Lincoln are Has Anyone Seen Jack?, Look Out He's Behind You and Tales from Grimm.