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Anne Droyd And Century Lodge
William Hadcroft
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Description for Anne Droyd And Century Lodge
Paperback. This Asperger adventure explores the human condition and the need to integrate into a society that demands conformity. Readers will be captivated by the heroic characters and the colourful plot, and engaged by Hadcroft's imaginative presentation of real-life issues such as smoking, bullying and peer acceptance. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Gezz and her best friends Malcolm and Luke are having fun on the housing estate where they live, when the arrival of a stranger interrupts their everyday lives and changes the world as they know it forever. Created by a professor of robotics, Anne Droyd is left in the care of these three children, who take her to school with them and teach her how to be 'a human'.
This imaginative tale packed full of heroic characters and Asperger adventure is suitable for children aged 9 and over.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843102823
SKU
KKD0002909
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4
About William Hadcroft
Will Hadcroft left school believing himself to be a failure both academically and socially because of our society's `dislike for the unlike'. When he discovered the term Asperger Syndrome in 2003 everything began to make a lot more sense. Will has an insatiable passion for writing and is the author of The Feeling's Unmutual: Growing Up with Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed) ... Read more
Reviews for Anne Droyd And Century Lodge
This Asperger adventure explores the human condition and the need to integrate into a society that demands conformity. The author's pun on 'android' introduces the theme of alienation that runs throughout, a tool used to provide comfort to individuals who feel like `aliens', excluded from their social environment. Readers will be captivated by the heroic characters and the colourful plot, ... Read more