Name: On the run
SKU: 51215032
Price: 807.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Nina Bawden

Select your country

Americas

Europe

Rest of the world

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Faber And Faber

Author

Nina Bawden

Synopsis "On the run "

Ben, eleven years old and the youngest of the Mallory children, has left his aunt and siblings to come to London where his widower father wishes to introduce him to his young future step-mother. Unable to return home when his brother and sister become ill, Ben is left on his own to explore the maze of walled gardens which surround his new home. Soon he meets Thomas, the son of an exiled East African Prime Minister, and Lil, a fatherless cockney waif. All three children, troubled and contending with the dislocation of their new lives, become entwined in each others' journeys of self-discovery and adventure. In Nina Bawden's much-praised second novel for young readers, the lessons and pains of childhood are evinced with characteristic deftness, combining sympathy, affection and timeless wit.