The Runaways

Stark, Ulf

ISBN 10: 1776572335 / ISBN 13: 9781776572335

Published by Gecko Press ™, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Runaways
• Publisher: Gecko Press ?
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1776572335
• ISBN 13: 9781776572335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Crowther, Kitty
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children.

Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place he was happiest―the island where he used to live. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital.

So Gottfried Junior, his namesake, helps Grandpa make a plan to run away. They think of everything. Their deception is so complete that when Gottfried Junior finally decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.

About the Authors

Ulf Stark (1944-2017) was a much-loved, award-winning Swedish writer. He wrote more than 30 books for children and won many prizes for his stellar work. He was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018.

Kitty Crowther lives in Belgium. With English and Swedish parents, and born in Brussels, she has written and illustrated more than forty books which have been translated into twenty languages and won many awards. In 2010, she received the world's most prestigious prize for children's literature: the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.