Gripping Tales: Birdy and the Ghosties
Electronic book text
Sometimes, Birdy watches her father row people across the dangerous sea, but when the wrinkled old woman asks to be ferried across, Birdy jumps in too. The woman tells Birdy that she has second sight, but Birdy isn't sure she wants this special gift. However, soon she finds that looking twice at things can bring the most unexpected results . . .
With an engaging story told in short chapters, and illustrations in black and white and colour on every double-page spread, this short novel is ideal for newly confident readers.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780750270595
- Author: Jill Paton Walsh
- Pub date: 09.02.12
- RRP: $19.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Jill Paton Walsh
Jill Paton Walsh is a distinguished writer, best-known for her adult novel, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Among her many children's titles are The Dolphin Crossing 'widely acknowledged as a modern classic'; Gaffer Samson's Luck 'Winner of the Smarties Prize'; The Emperor's Winding Sheet 'Winner of the Whitbread Award' and Thomas and the Tinners 'Winner of the Smarties Prize'.
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