The Baby and Fly Pie

Informationen zum Autor Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature, having won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for his acclaimed novel Junk. Klappentext Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature. Zusammenfassung 'We're the rubbish kids! losers and orphans. Everyday we go out on to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly.'For Sham! Fly Pie and his sister Jane! this is the grim reality of their lives. Then one day everything changes when they find a baby on the Tip - a baby worth seventeen million pounds . . .

Product details

• Authors: Melvin Burgess, Burgess Melvin
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9781849394550
• ISBN: 978-1-84939-455-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction