The Climbing Tree

Jenkins, Mike

ISBN 10: 1848510772 / ISBN 13: 9781848510777

Published by Casemate Publishers, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Climbing Tree
• Publisher: Casemate Publishers
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848510772
• ISBN 13: 9781848510777
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1756815908.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47235996
• Signed: 9/2/2025 12:25:08 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

For Low and her friends, an old oak tree offers a much-needed refuge, but her life is in danger when she upsets Philly, the leader of a rival gang. In this gritty novel, where people's activities are under constant IT surveillance, loyalty and kindness offer the only realistic hope for survival.

About the Author

Mike Jenkins is a poet and short story writer from Merthyr Tudful. He is and English teacher in Radyr Comprehensive School. Winner of the Eric Gregory Award in 1979 and Welsh Arts Council's Young Writer's Prize in 1984. He also won the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry and 1998 Wales Book of the Year. He is a former editor of Poetry Wales and co-editor of Red Poets' Society.