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Swallowdale
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Swallowdale
Paperback. 'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. Num Pages: 640 pages, b/w original by author. BIC Classification: YFA; YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 183 x 124 x 42. Weight in Grams: 420.
'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'
Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better...
BACKSTORY: Discover the real Swallowdale, swot up on seafaring and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099572824
SKU
V9780099572824
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About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life - as a baby in he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became ... Read more
Reviews for Swallowdale
The world that the children enter as soon as they get off the train in the Lake District is as separate from their everyday world as Hogwarts or Narnia... For most readers, the idea of cooking trout you have caught yourself is as strange and poetic as the idea of casting a spell that turns a teacup into a turtle ... Read more