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Plague: A Cross on the Door
Ann Turnbull
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Description for Plague: A Cross on the Door
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ali, Akbar. Series: National Archives. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AH; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78.
In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive. Spring 1665, London Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage to be his servant. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master's apprentice, a shoemaker, able to make his own way in the world. But that was before the plague arrived. Abandoned by Alice, his master's maid and the closet thing that Sam's ever had to a mother, Sam finds himself nailed into his ... Read more
In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive. Spring 1665, London Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage to be his servant. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master's apprentice, a shoemaker, able to make his own way in the world. But that was before the plague arrived. Abandoned by Alice, his master's maid and the closet thing that Sam's ever had to a mother, Sam finds himself nailed into his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
National Archives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408186879
SKU
V9781408186879
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About Ann Turnbull
Ann Turnbull is a Shropshire based author who has been writing children's books for almost forty years. The author of over thirty successful children's titles and shortlisted for several children's book awards including the Smarties and Carnegie awards over the years, she is a well respected voice in children's and young adult literature with a penchant for historical fiction.
Reviews for Plague: A Cross on the Door
The atmosphere of the plague-ridden city is expertly captured.
Irish Examiner
Ann Turnbull's lovely prose overcomes them to make an engaging story in just a few words - a real art.
www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
The story zips along and I found it engrossing.
The Historical Novel Society
The books contain enough tension to grip the reader ... Read more
Irish Examiner
Ann Turnbull's lovely prose overcomes them to make an engaging story in just a few words - a real art.
www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
The story zips along and I found it engrossing.
The Historical Novel Society
The books contain enough tension to grip the reader ... Read more