Hell and High Water
(Sprache: Englisch)
A swashbuckling eighteenth-century adventure about a mixed race boy who unravels a murderous smuggling operation in the west country, by Carnegie-shortlisted author Tanya Landman. Caleb's father, a poor puppeteer, is wrongly accused of theft and sentenced...
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A swashbuckling eighteenth-century adventure about a mixed race boy who unravels a murderous smuggling operation in the west country, by Carnegie-shortlisted author Tanya Landman. Caleb's father, a poor puppeteer, is wrongly accused of theft and sentenced to transportation. With no money or home, and vulnerable because of his skin colour in an age of slavery, Caleb is forced to seek out his estranged aunt in Devon.
When a body washes up one day on a nearby beach, Caleb uncovers a dastardly plot and finds that his own life is in mortal danger. This tale of intrigue and daring-do charts the growth of a frightened boy into a brave young man.
When a body washes up one day on a nearby beach, Caleb uncovers a dastardly plot and finds that his own life is in mortal danger. This tale of intrigue and daring-do charts the growth of a frightened boy into a brave young man.
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The heart-stopping tale of a young man's attempt to clear his father's name, from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Buffalo Soldier.From the author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Buffalo Soldier comes the heart-stopping tale of a young man's attempt to clear his father's name. When his father is arrested and transported to the Colonies, Caleb is left alone. After a desperate journey in search of an aunt he's never met he receives a strange, cold welcome. Then a body washes up on the nearby beach and Caleb is caught up in a terrifying net of lies and intrigue. Soon he and his new family are in mortal danger. This powerful story holds the reader in suspense as it charts the growth of a frightened boy into a brave young man. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Autoren-Porträt von Tanya Landman
Carnegie Medal-winning children's author and co-director of Storybox Theatre, a theatrical company aimed primarily at children.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tanya Landman
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2015, 320 Seiten, Masse: 14,1 x 22,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Walker Books
- ISBN-10: 1406356611
- ISBN-13: 9781406356618
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2015
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Englisch
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Exploring prejudice and the corruption of the ruling classes, this absolutely gripping stuff. It can only be good news that more readers will find Landman's books thanks to her Carnegie success. The Bookseller
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