This is a story about three children who are given two gerbils as their owner is emigrating to Australia. The book won the Whitbread Award and the author also wrote "Tom's Midnight Garden".
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Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and History at Girton College. She was a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers - as well as writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK. Philippa lives just outside Cambridge.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is a story about three children who are given two gerbils as their owner is emigrating to Australia. The book won the Whitbread Award and the author also wrote "Tom's Midnight Garden". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002813700
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. This is a story about three children who are given two gerbils as their owner is emigrating to Australia. The book won the Whitbread Award and the author also wrote "Tom's Midnight Garden". The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR005316521
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. reprint paperback , illustrated by Alan Baker. Seller Inventory # 008069
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