Mister Pip
Mister Pip
Author: Jones L
ISBN: 9780719569944
Edition: 1ST - 2008
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'You Cannot Pretend to Read a Book. Your Eyes Will Give You Away. so Will Your Breathing. a Person Entranced by a Book Simply Forgets to Breathe. the House Can Catch Alight and a Reader Deep in a Book Will Not Look Up Until the Wallpaper is in Flames.' Bougainville. 1991. a Small Village on a Lush Tropical Island in the South Pacific. Eighty-Six Days Have Passed Since Matilda's Last Day of School As, Quietly, War is Encroaching From the Other End of the Island. When the Villagers' Safe, Predictable Lives Come to a Halt, Bougainville's Children Are Surprised to Find the Island's Only White Man, a Recluse, Re-Opening the School. Pop Eye, Aka Mr Watts, Explains He Will Introduce the Children to Mr Dickens. Matilda and the Others Think a Foreigner is Coming to the Island and Prepare a List of Much Needed Items. They Are Shocked to Discover Their Acquaintance With Mr Dickens Will Be Through Mr Watts' Inspiring Reading of Great Expectations. but on an Island at War, the Power of Fiction Has
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Weight:
0.17 kgDepartment:
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Modern & Contemporary FictionCategory:
Print BooksAuthor:
Jones LPublisher:
JOHN MURRAY(GENERAL BOOKS)ISBN:
9780719569944Edition:
1ST - 2008Estimated Delivery:
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