Summary
There is no stopping the disobedient Dinah and Dorinda in this delightful Carnegie Winning novel’I have often wondered what I would be when I grow up, but never, never, never did I expect to be a Kangaroo!‘When the wind on the moon blew straight into Dinah and Dorinda’s hearts it meant that they couldn’t help but behave badly for a whole year. Transformed into kangaroos,they terrorise the sleepy town of Midmeddlecum with glee. But what they didn’t count on was being locked in a zoo. Things ge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099582861 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099582864 |
| Author: | Eric Linklater |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Children's Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 188mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
The Wind on the Moon is a wartime book - it was published in 1944 - and it dwells on those elements of life in short supply or under threat in Britain, such as food, and liberty, and fun. It is not a prisoner of the time, though, and one of its delights is the cavalier way in which Linklater swings between pure fantasy and the everyday made fantastic – James Meek * Guardian *Hand it to your youngest and he will undoubtedly be highly entertained by the saga of Dinah and Dorinda and their misdeeds; give it to your best friend and he will be entertained by the delicate satire on every page * The Boston Globe *
About The Author
Eric Linklater
Eric Linklater was born in the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland. He fought in the First World War and became a war reporter during the Second World War and the Korean War. The Wind on the Moon began as a story Linklater told his two daughters when they were caught in the rain on a walk. The book later won the Carnegie Medal.
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