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A boy called Dickens

Hendrix, John more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Junior Fiction
BIC Subjects: Fiction
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 15/03/2012
Place of Publication: United States

RRP: $32.95
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"For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . "As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat-infested blacking factory. Readers will be drawn into the winding streets of London, where they will learn how Dickens got the inspiration for many of his characters. The 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth is February 7, 2012, and this tale of his little-known boyhood is the perfect way to introduce kids to the great author. Here is historical fiction at its ingenious best. Ages 7+.

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2011:
"Metafictive techniques and atmospheric graphite, ink and acrylic compositions effectively pull readers into the life and soul of 12-year-old Charles Dickens. Both accessible and rich in simile and metaphor, this fictionalized biography concerns the budding novelist's coming of age, as he ekes out a living (during his family's stint in debtors' prison) and pursues his dream."

Title: A boy called Dickens
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Contributors: By (author) Deborah Hopkinson ; By (author) John Hendrix

ISBN 13: 9780375867323
ISBN 10: 0375867325

Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 15/03/2012
Place of Publication: New York, United States
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BIC Subjects: Fiction
NBS Classification: Children's Fiction
Dewey Classification: 813.6 (DC23)

Format: Hardback
Pages: 40
Height: 273mm
Width: 216mm
Thickness: 13mm
Weight: 567g