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The Gargoyle in My Yard
eBook - Lost Gargoyle
ISBN/EAN: 9781459704992
Umbreit-Nr.: 2148317
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 128 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.04.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><i>Commended for the 2009 Resource Links Best Books and for the 2010 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2012 Diamond Willow Award</i>&#xa0;</p><p>Chosen for the Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection<br><br> What do you do when a 400-year-old gargoyle moves into your backyard? Especially when no one else but you knows hes ALIVE? Twelve-year-old Katherine Newberry can tell you all about life with a gargoyle. Hes naughty. He gets people into trouble. He howls at the moon, breaks statues and tramples flowers to bits, all the while making it look like you did it! He likes to throw apple cores and stick his tongue out at people when they arent looking. How do you get rid of a gargoyle? Do they help the gargoyle leave for good? If youre like Katherine and her parents, after getting to know him, you might really want him to stay.</p>
- Kurztext
- What do you do when a 400-year-old gargoyle moves into your backyard? Especially when no one else but you knows he's ALIVE? Twelve-year-old Katherine Newberry can tell you all about life with a gargoyle. He's naughty and gets others into trouble. But if you're like Katherine, after getting to know him, you might really want him to stay.
- Autorenportrait
- Philippa Dowding is an award-winning magazine copywriter, poet and childrens author. Her books in the Lost Gargoyle series were nominated for the Diamond Willow 2011 and Silver Birch Express 2012 Awards. The character of Gargoth was inspired by a visit to an odd antique store populated with mysterious gargoyles. Philippa lives in Toronto.