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Synopsis
Compelled to search for his half-brother Creep who some people insist is nonexistent, Christopher locates Parliamentary Papers containing Nathaniel Creep's personal narrative of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution 100 years earlier.
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Review
"A brilliant novel about child labor in England. . .A swift and lively tale." --The New York Times Book Review
"Cleverly wrought and highly charged." --Starred, School Library Journal
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0374312362
- ISBN 13 9780374312367
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages185
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A Chance Child
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978
ISBN 10: 0374312362
ISBN 13: 9780374312367
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A Chance Child (Inscribed and Signed by Author)
Published by
Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0374312362
ISBN 13: 9780374312367
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Signed
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
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Hardback. 1st US Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ is age-toned at spine and has a tear [mostly concealed by the plastic sleeve] across the front cover with a tiny amount of loss to the corner. Inscribed & signed by the author " This copy signed for Beryl - A chance friend, may chance be praised. Jill Paton Walsh" 185 pages. A intriguing time-slip fantasy about Creep who has spent most of his life locked in a closet under the stairs and whose unexpected release sends him on an adventure back into the nineteenth century. Was winner of the 1998 Children's Literary Association Phoenix Award. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 230737
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