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Ghosts of Shanghai: Shadow of the Yangtze: Book 2
Julian Sedgwick
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Description for Ghosts of Shanghai: Shadow of the Yangtze: Book 2
Paperback. The dramatic search for a missing friend through the troubled heartland of China - where it's hard to tell the living from the dead .. Series: Ghosts of Shanghai. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHN; 5AK; YFCF; YFD; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill's The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller ... Ruby - a Western girl who feels more Chinese than English - and her friend Charlie must follow the Yangtze hundreds of miles upriver, travelling by Chinese junk and rogue steamer, through bandit and ghost haunted countryside - doggedly tracking Moonface as he spirits Charlie's sister Fei off to his home village. Everything is in flux around them: civil war pulsing, with Nationalists, Communists and warlord bandits struggling for control. The river rises and falls, villages ... Read more
J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill's The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller ... Ruby - a Western girl who feels more Chinese than English - and her friend Charlie must follow the Yangtze hundreds of miles upriver, travelling by Chinese junk and rogue steamer, through bandit and ghost haunted countryside - doggedly tracking Moonface as he spirits Charlie's sister Fei off to his home village. Everything is in flux around them: civil war pulsing, with Nationalists, Communists and warlord bandits struggling for control. The river rises and falls, villages ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Ghosts of Shanghai
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444924497
SKU
V9781444924497
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julian Sedgwick
Julian Sedgwick was born in Kent in 1966. A lifelong interest in the arts and culture of China and Japan has influenced much of his work - he read Oriental Studies and Philosophy at Cambridge, and between 2001 and 2007, travelled widely in Japan. He has always written but before focusing his energies on children's fiction, he worked as a ... Read more
Reviews for Ghosts of Shanghai: Shadow of the Yangtze: Book 2
Ruby is a wonderful character, brave and determined; the storytelling dramatic and perceptive, giving a real sense of place
Sarah Brew
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Sarah Brew
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