Description |
143 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
"This is William Mayne's most powerfully emotional and disturbing novel to date, a book as much for adults as for young readers, in that its central conflict - a boy's relationship to his father - is a theme of universal interest. Donald's father is a cripple, emotionally and physically injured in a railway accident. His mother tries to maintain some semblance of balance in the household, but there is increasing tension between Donald and his father, a tension which brings in its wake guilt and confusion for Donald. His only recourse is a retreat into a fantasy world of high adventure, where the drama of his everyday life is played out with other elements and leads eventually to acceptance and understanding." -- Dust jacket |
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SUMMARY: A twentieth-century teenager finds himself existing as squire to the lord of a medieval village threatened by a giant predator-worm |
Analysis |
Fiction in English, 1900- Texts |
Notes |
For adolescents |
Audience |
For adolescents |
Subject |
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
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People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
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Space and time -- Juvenile fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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LC no. |
72176540 |
ISBN |
0241020506 |
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