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Publisher: Puffin
Date of Publication: 1983
Binding: soft cover
Edition: 1st Thus
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An unputdownable and thought-provoking novel which explores the dangers of human prejudice.
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The inhabitants of Halcyon Island are ruled by the laws of the Deliverer and follow the same customs and traditions that have prevailed for hundreds of years. The laws state 'no incomers', but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and a girl, barely alive, they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood on the island is bound to cause a disturbance, but the effects the newcomers have on the close-knit community are beyond anyone's predictions...
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0140314784
- ISBN 13 9780140314786
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Puffin Edition. One spring day two exhausted strangers are washed up in a canoe on the remote and lonely island of Halycon - with a shattering effect on the small, self-sufficient community that lives there. Because their arrival leads to the heart of a great mystery: what were the origins of the islanders and how did they come by their peculiar customs and laws? Paperback (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Seller Inventory # 020798
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