The Swap
Published on 3. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-330-39794-0 (ISBN)
Description
The coach started to move off. I felt frightened. All these weeks, looking forward to it, and now I did'nt want to go. Please, Mum, let me go home. She was running alongside, waving her hanky and crying...
He'd nagged his mother for weeks to let him go on the school exchange, swapping his home in the backstreets of a northern town for a posh house in London. With a proper family. With a dad. But now it was all going wrong...
He'd nagged his mother for weeks to let him go on the school exchange, swapping his home in the backstreets of a northern town for a posh house in London. With a proper family. With a dad. But now it was all going wrong...
Reviews / Votes
'Evocative stories, tough, funny and tender.' The Guardian 'The stories are excellent, well up to the standard set in Layton's first book, THE FIB.' Gerald Haigh, TESMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
121 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-330-39794-0 (9780330397940)
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E-Book
06/2011
Macmillan Children's Books
€8.49
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Person
George Layton has combined a successful acting career with a successful writing career. In July 2000 George received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Bradford in recognition of his work as an actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for being the narrator of Pigeon Street