Unforgotten Coat

A funny, warm-hearted and compelling story of friendship and adversity, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, from the UK Children’s Laureate 2024–2026

AvFrank Cottrell-Boyce

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Winner of the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, this is a stunning and magical story of a summer of friendship which also explores the plight of refugees by the 2024–2026 UK Children's Laureate.From the award-winning author of Millions comes a story of friendship in the midst of adversity. Winner of the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, this magical and poignant book is enriched by stunning and atmospheric Polaroid photos.Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know truth from fantasy. Told with the humour, warmth and brilliance of detail which characterizes Frank Cottrell-Boyce's writing, readers will be transported from the streets of Liverpool to the steppe of Mongolia.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-04
Mått:164 x 209 x 10 mm
Vikt:284 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Walker Books Ltd
ISBN:9781406341546
Utmärkelser:Winner of German Youth Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) 2013 (Germany)

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a multi-award-winning children’s author and screenwriter, and the UK Children's Laureate 2024-2026. He won the 2012 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and was awarded an IBBY Honour for The Unforgotten Coat, and he won the 2004 Carnegie Medal for his first children’s book, Millions, which was made into a film by Danny Boyle. Frank worked with Danny Boyle again several years later on scripting the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Frank is the author of many books for children, including Framed, Cosmic and The Astounding Broccoli Boy, and has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. He is the author of three official sequels to Ian Fleming’s classic novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He lives with his family in Merseyside.