Description
An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.
David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can't help wishing he could keep her . . .
The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They're determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam's ancestors hundreds of years before.
But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .
About the Author
Philippa Pearce spent her childhood in Great Shelford, a village near Cambridge, and was the youngest of four children of a flour-miller and corn-merchant. The village, the river, and the countryside in which she lived appear more or less plainly in Minnow on the Say, and Tom's Midnight Garden. Philippa later went on to study English and History at Cambridge University. She worked for the BBC as a scriptwriter and producer, and then in publishing as an editor. She has written many books including the modern classic, Tom's Midnight Garden, for which she won the Carnegie Medal. She has been awarded the OBE for services to Children's Literature. Sadly, Philippa died in 2006, at the age of 86.
More Details
- Contributor: Philippa Pearce
- Imprint: Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192789440
- Number of Pages: 272
- Packaged Dimensions: 230x196x21mm
- Packaged Weight: 242
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Release Date: 2023-10-12
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Philippa Pearce spent her childhood in Great Shelford, a village near Cambridge, and was the youngest of four children of a flour-miller and corn-merchant. The village, the river, and the countryside in which she lived appear more or less plainly in Minnow on the Say, and Tom's Midnight Garden. Philippa later went on to study English and History at Cambridge University. She worked for the BBC as a scriptwriter and producer, and then in publishing as an editor. She has written many books including the modern classic, Tom's Midnight Garden, for which she won the Carnegie Medal. She has been awarded the OBE for services to Children's Literature. Sadly, Philippa died in 2006, at the age of 86.
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