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Thirteen

3.69 ( 16 Ratings by Goodreads)
Thirteen

Thirteen

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3.69 (16 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 7 July, 2005
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This anthology explores, through incisive and entertaining stories, the very nature of this sensitive time in a young person's life. It will become a defining book for this age group. With original stories by some of our best contemporary authors, such as Eoin Colfer; Bali Rai; Marcus Sedgewick; Kevin Brooks; Margaret Mahy; Mary Hooper; Helen Oyayemi; Eleanor Updale; Jean Ure and John McLay has written one himself, and brought to the reader in short story format, often for the first time. This book will reach out to its audience with its stories that get to the heart of being thirteen every time!
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781843628354
ISBN10 184362835X
Number Of Pages 241
Item Weight 322 g
Product Dimensions 126 x 20 x 194 mm
Publisher / Reseller Orchard Books
Format paperback
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Media Reviews

An outstanding anthology featuring some of our finest children's authors. Original and thought-provoking contributions ... make this required and relevant reading. * Publishing News *
If you've got the cash, make it a year 8 group reader and give the kids something that really talks to them directly. * Books for Keeps *

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Author's Bio

John McLay, the compiler of this anthology, is an International literary scout for children's book publishers in Europe. He has written about and reviewed children's books for publications as varied and eminent as Amazon, The Financial Times, Publishing News and Books for Keeps. Previous to this he was variously a Rights Director, the editor of Puffin Post Magazine for Penguin Books, spent three years as a children's bookseller in Waterstone's and worked in children's television at the BBC. All this means that John is in contact with all the best people in children's publishing, is well positioned to find the voices of this generation and is fully aware of his child to teenage audience's reading needs.

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