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The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines Mostly Broken - Couverture rigide

Whitehouse, Howard

 
9781553378822: The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines Mostly Broken
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ISBN 10 : 1553378822 ISBN 13 : 9781553378822
Editeur : Kids Can Press, 2006

Synopsis

In the kick-off novel in the Mad Misadventures series, 14-year-old pioneering aviatrix Emmaline Cayley is afraid of one thing: plummeting to her doom. Fortunately, 12-year-old Robert Burns, an indestructible village boy, is not. Absurdly unafraid of bodily harm, ?Rubberbones? is the ideal pilot for Emmaline's experiments with flight.

But before Emmaline can perfect a flying machine with the aid of her new friend, she is sent off to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies --- to be cured of her decidedly unladylike ways. It is a school so strict, so severe, so forbidding that it makes the brutal misery in the tales of Charles Dickens look cheery by comparison. With a horrifying headmistress, terrifying teachers and food that is even worse than Aunt Lucy's, this medieval stronghold also houses a terrible secret and a mysterious way of keeping its prisoners, er, its students in line. All Emmaline can think of is escape. But no one has ever escaped from St. Grimelda's. And our heroine soon realizes that the only way out is to face her greatest fear.

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À propos de l'auteur

Howard Whitehouse was born in Birmingham, England and now lives in New York State with his wife. Howard has been in a rock band, worked with troubled kids, and written two history books. Now, in addition to writing novels, he writes and designs history games and paints model soldiers. He attended the venerable King Edward VII School, the model for St. Grimelda's.

Bill Slavin is an award-winning children's book illustrator with over 50 books to his credit. His works include Stanley's Party and The Bear on the Bed He lives in Millbrook, Ontario.

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Éditeur
Kids Can Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1553378822
ISBN 13 
9781553378822
Reliure
Relié
Illustrateur
Slavin Bill
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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