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Ruby Tanya

Swindells Robert
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780440863984
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Vekt
178 gr
Høyde
194 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Swindells Robert

Biographical note

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.

RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.

'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES

'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH

Ruby Tanya

Swindells Robert
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
Swindells Robert
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
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Provides a gently persuasive argument for doing the right thing even if that leads you into conflict with your family

TES

The book opens with an explosion and maintains its pace throughout

Observer

The subject is very relevant today and Swindell's approach for younger readers is superbly formed

Independent On Sunday

Se alle

The plot moves quickly, building to a gripping and frightening climax . . . An interesting read

The School Librarian

Is a challenging story of friendship set against difficult and topical subject matter

The Sunday Times

This is a contemporary tale about two friends - one of whom, Asra, is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The other, Ruby Tanya, is the daughter of a local man who is campaigning against the presence of asylum seekers in his community. During a dramatic explosion at the girls' school, a young teacher is killed. The asylum seekers at the local camp are blamed, and local people begin to argue that they should be deported. A branch of the National Front gets involved and demos are planned. Asra and her parents are due to be deported, but Asra runs away at the last minute so her parents have to return without her. She hides in a nearby derelict building and is helped by Ruby Tanya.
Les mer
This is a contemporary tale about two friends - one of whom, Asra, is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The asylum seekers at the local camp are blamed, and local people begin to argue that they should be deported.
Les mer
Provides a gently persuasive argument for doing the right thing even if that leads you into conflict with your family
A highly topical and thoroughly entertaining thriller about tolerance and hate.

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Provides a gently persuasive argument for doing the right thing even if that leads you into conflict with your family

TES

The book opens with an explosion and maintains its pace throughout

Observer

The subject is very relevant today and Swindell's approach for younger readers is superbly formed

Independent On Sunday

Se alle

The plot moves quickly, building to a gripping and frightening climax . . . An interesting read

The School Librarian

Is a challenging story of friendship set against difficult and topical subject matter

The Sunday Times

This is a contemporary tale about two friends - one of whom, Asra, is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The other, Ruby Tanya, is the daughter of a local man who is campaigning against the presence of asylum seekers in his community. During a dramatic explosion at the girls' school, a young teacher is killed. The asylum seekers at the local camp are blamed, and local people begin to argue that they should be deported. A branch of the National Front gets involved and demos are planned. Asra and her parents are due to be deported, but Asra runs away at the last minute so her parents have to return without her. She hides in a nearby derelict building and is helped by Ruby Tanya.
Les mer
This is a contemporary tale about two friends - one of whom, Asra, is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The asylum seekers at the local camp are blamed, and local people begin to argue that they should be deported.
Les mer
Provides a gently persuasive argument for doing the right thing even if that leads you into conflict with your family
A highly topical and thoroughly entertaining thriller about tolerance and hate.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780440863984
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Vekt
178 gr
Høyde
194 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Swindells Robert

Biographical note

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.

RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.

'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES

'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH

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