Runaway Jack - Couverture rigide

Lees, Stewart

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845070410 ISBN 13 : 9781845070410

Editeur : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2004

Synopsis

When Isaac discovers a little wooden horse among his grandfather's treasures, he longs to find out where it comes from. Set in the American South, the story tells of Isaac's great-great-great-grandfather, Jack, and Jack's sister, Molly, who are sold into slavery on a tobacco plantation. Jack gives Molly a little wooden horse as a keepsake before he is sold on downriver to a cotton plantation. Soon Jack is forced to flee for his life, hiding in the marshlands before stowing away on a Mississippi paddle-steamer. Eventually it is the little wooden horse that reunites him with Molly, in a dramatic and poignant story that takes an unsentimental look at the life of runaway slaves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stewart Lees grew up in London and Norfolk and studied illustration at Richmond College in West London before beginning his career as an illustrator. He has illustrated a number of book jackets for Hodder, Macmillan and HarperCollins, and his books include Anna Growing Up on the Farm (Brimax, 1998) and My First Word Book (Brimax, 1997). He now lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children. His first book for Frances Lincoln was The Lucky Sovereign.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845070410
• ISBN 13: 9781845070410
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible