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During a summer spent in rural Ireland, four city children must learn how to fend for themselves - and try to hide a mysterious runaway... A classic children's adventure story from Noel Streatfeild for readers of 9+. When Alex, Penny, Robin and Naomi's father travels abroad and falls suddenly ill, their mother must leave immediately to be with him. The children are left in the care of their one relative, Great Aunt Dymphna, who lives in a dilapidated old house on the Irish coast. Aunt Dymphna is an eccentric old lady who talks in rhyme, eats toadstools and believes the seagulls give her the news. She leaves the bewildered children to look after themselves in a separate wing of the house, so the city children are soon out of their depth. Alex must learn how to catch fish, Penny works out how to cook - but the biggest problem arrives when a mysterious boy named Stephan appears on their doorstep and begs that the children hide him in the house. Who is this strange, ungrateful boy? And how long can the children manage to keep him a secret?
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About the Author:
Noel Streatfeild, the plain middle child between two talented and pretty sisters, trained at RADA and acted for nine years before writing Ballet Shoes, an instant bestseller, in 1936. As vicarage daughter, factory girl, actress, model, social worker, writer, and crusader for good books, Noel touched many aspects of life. Her experiences enriched her stories, which were so popular that, by her eightieth birthday, she had earned herself the title of ‘a national monument’. She died in 1986.
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- PublisherHarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
- ISBN 10 0008313512
- ISBN 13 9780008313517
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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