The Runaways - Couverture souple

Stark, Ulf

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1776572343 ISBN 13 : 9781776572342

Editeur : Gecko Press, 2019

Synopsis

 

Grandson and grandpa take off to the island in this warm and funny chapter book from a world-leading children’s writer.

Grandpa’s in the hospital and hating it. He swears at the nurses and makes trouble for everyone. Dad finds it too stressful to visit, but Gottfried Junior visits Grandpa as often as he’s allowed, and when he’s not allowed, he goes anyway.<br />Grandpa thinks only of the place he was happiest—the island where he lived with Grandma. He wants to go back one last time, but they won’t let him out of the hospital.<br />Gottfried Junior and Grandpa take things into their own hands. If running away is the only way to the island, then they’ll be runaways.

“I hate the food here,” Grandpa said. “ They’ve taken all the joy out of it. Not even the water tastes any good.”

“Perhaps you should run away,” I suggested.

“I did a lot of that when I was young,” he said. “But I think it’s a bit late now...”

But by the time I had to leave for the bus, we’d made a plan.

Gottfried Junior thinks of everything. His lies are so good that when he decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ulf Stark was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1944. He has written around thirty books for children and young adults, translated into more than twenty languages. He has won many prizes in Sweden and internationally, including the German Youth Literature Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Kitty Crowther received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2010.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gecko Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1776572343
• ISBN 13: 9781776572342
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Crowther Kitty
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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