Brother in the Land (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) - Softcover

Swindells, Robert

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9780192717856: Brother in the Land (Oxford Children's Modern Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0192717855 ISBN 13: 9780192717856

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1998

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Denny, a teenager, is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of those who have come through a nuclear war alive. In plain language he sets down all that has happened to him, what he sees, and what he feels in the first days after the bomb has dropped. This novel won The Other Award for 1984.

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Book Description:

A playscript adaptation of the popular, topical novel by Robert Swindells

About the Author:

Robert Swindells was born in Bradford in 1939 and continues to live in Yorkshire. He left school at 15 and worked in a variety of jobs, including primary school teaching, before becoming a full-time writer. His widely acclaimed novels often reflect his political passions, such as BROTHER IN THE LAND, which is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war. He has won the Red House Children's Book Prize several times and in 1993 he won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD, a young adult novel about homelessness.

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