Gaffer Samson's Luck (Lythway Large Print Books)

Paton Walsh, Jill

ISBN 10: 0745104517 / ISBN 13: 9780745104515

Published by Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1987

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Seller Inventory # wbs1887950727

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gaffer Samson's Luck (Lythway Large Print Books)
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745104517
• ISBN 13: 9780745104515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cole, Brock
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 249.5 grams

About this title

Synopsis

James's difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger.

Review

"An unusual story of grace, thoughtfulness, and wit. James feels utterly displaced when he moves with his parents from the rugged landscape of Yorkshire to the English fen country...Imbuing the narrative with a graphic, insistent sense of place, the author has also woven into it patterns of social custom, human behavior, and childhood feelings, giving the brief novel both sensibility and suspense." --The Horn Book