A Wish For Wings
$29.58
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2002
Summary
A gripping thriller from a Carnegie Medal-winning author.
‘I’LL FLY,’ JENNA WHISPERED TO HERSELF. ‘I’LL FLY, WHATEVER NED SAYS. WHATEVER ANYBODY SAYS…’
Jenna is thirteen - and has suddenly realized what she wants to do with her life. She wants to fly. Like Grandad’s heroine, Amy Johnson… But Jenna’s wish for wings has to be put on hold when something awful happens: Grandad’s souvenir of his wartime service - a loaded gun - goes missing. And Jenna is almost certain that her bro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440863960 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440863961 |
| Author: | Robert Swindells |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Yearling |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2002 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 130mm x 195mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
Gripping * Observer *
Well-written and absorbing * Kids Out *
Long may Swindells continue producing books as good as this * TES *
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 * Daily Telegraph *
Robert Swindells
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. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD, 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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