Corby flood
While traveling aboard the S.S. Euphonia, eight-year-old Corby Flood accidentally attracts the murderous attentions of five men called the Brotherhood of the Clowns as she investigates the mysterious singing coming from the ship's hold.
| Main Author: | Stewart, Paul, 1955- |
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| Other Authors: | Riddell, Chris. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Yearling Books,
2012.
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| Series: |
Far-flung adventures
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
While traveling aboard the S.S. Euphonia, eight-year-old Corby Flood accidentally attracts the murderous attentions of five men called the Brotherhood of the Clowns as she investigates the mysterious singing coming from the ship's hold. |
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| Physical Description: |
232 p. |
| ISBN: |
9780385750974 0385750978 |
| Author Notes: |
Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term. (Bowker Author Biography) |