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Description for Thistown: 1
Paperback. Meant for the 11+ age group, this title presents an adventure story, as well as an allegory about the transition from childhood innocence to adolescent awareness of the realities of death, power, and allegiance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1ill.1col.ill. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (ES) Secondary; (J) Children / Juvenile; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
An exciting adventure story and children's allegory about the realities of death, power and allegiance. Somewhere beyond the rain, the wind and the stars, and as far from the Earth as it's possible to be, there was a town so old that no one can remember how or when it began. It was a town where everyone stayed exactly the same, a town where no one grew older, a town surrounded by a million miles of yellow corn, which was so strange that if you went in, you disappeared immediately. And perhaps Thistown would have always stayed the same if ... Read more
An exciting adventure story and children's allegory about the realities of death, power and allegiance. Somewhere beyond the rain, the wind and the stars, and as far from the Earth as it's possible to be, there was a town so old that no one can remember how or when it began. It was a town where everyone stayed exactly the same, a town where no one grew older, a town surrounded by a million miles of yellow corn, which was so strange that if you went in, you disappeared immediately. And perhaps Thistown would have always stayed the same if ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aurora Metro Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Twickenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780954691257
SKU
KKD0000995
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Malcolm Mckay
McKay has been writing for over 30 years. TV films include the award-winning A Wanted Man trilogy, Redemption and an adaptation of Emile Zola's La Bete Humaine. He has also adapted Gormenghast as a serial for the BBC and wrote for the police series NCS Manhunt . He has two novels published, The Lack Brothers (Transworld) and Breaking Up (Pegasus). ... Read more
Reviews for Thistown: 1
“Thistown is an intriguing fantasy parable. The writing is clear and simple; the book will find readers even a bit younger than the main characters and could give rise to some interesting discussions on the meaning behind the symbols in the story. The ending is a particularly enigmatic affair which should get your students questioning.” Writing in Education “McKay ... Read more