The Last Leg
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2013
160 pages
978-1-4481-5865-2 (ISBN)
Description
When Claude goes to the Isle of Skye for a quiet holiday with his dad and aunt, all recuperating from the recent death of his mother, he expects his only adventures to be in his active imagination. However, having been befriended by Roddy, an old fisherman, Claude is amazed to see what look like hundreds of body parts being washed up on the beach. On closer examination, these turn out to be shop-window dummies and a curious attraction leads Roddy to keep one of the heads as a souvenir. But Roddy's harmless pilfering surely shouldn't attract the attentions of two very dangerous-looking men from Italy, who mysteriously appear on Skye? A fantastic mystery story, which moves from Scotland to Italy, and will grip the reader all the way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
File size
3,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4481-5865-2 (9781448158652)
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Richard Kidd
The Last Leg
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02/2003
Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
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Richard Kidd's first novel, THE GIANT GOLDFISH ROBBERY (Corgi Yearling), was very well received and shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award for first novels. Richard has previously also written picture books, including ALMOST FAMOUS DAISY, which was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award.
Richard Kidd was formerly a full-time artist and still occasionally finds time to create arresting large abstract paintings.
Richard Kidd was formerly a full-time artist and still occasionally finds time to create arresting large abstract paintings.
