Theo's Time
Norma Clarke(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 17. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-571-17489-8 (ISBN)
Description
A funny story about a child's fear of failure at school and how adults assess children's intelligence. Ten-year-old Theo is sent for extra maths lessons at Mrs Gordon's house, where strange things start to happen to time. Norma Clarke's other books include "Patrick and the Rotten Roman Rubbish".
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
with line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 112 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-17489-8 (9780571174898)
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Person
Norma Clarke is Professor of English Literature at Kingston University. She is the author of Ambitious Heights, Dr Johnson's Women and The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters. Kathryn Hughes in the Daily Telegraph described Dr Johnson's Women as 'the best kind of popular history being produced at the moment: scholarly, fluent and supremely human.' She has published several novels for children, including Patrick and the Rotten Roman Rubbish. She lives in London.