Preacher's Boy - Softcover

Paterson, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192750852 ISBN 13: 9780192750853

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

Robbie is the son of a preacher in small-town America in 1899. People are saying that the world's going to end at the turn of the century, so Robbie decides that he'd better make the most of his life and have as much fun as possible - while he still can! But his outrageous behaviour does little to improve people's opinions of him, or his father. BLKatherine Paterson is an internationally acclaimed author who has won the Newbery Medal (twice), the National Book Award for Children's Literature (USA) twice, and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award

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Review:

"A finely honed novel.... Paterson gives a compassionate, absorbingrendering of an adolescent boy trying to break free from social andreligious constraints." -- "Publishers Weekly""A narrative that shuttles skillfully between sentiment and farce, thatcombines moments of painful insight with uproarious action. Robbie Hewittemerges as one of Katherine Paterson's most engaging characters.-- "The Horn Book""A multilayered coming-of-age story of loyalty, courage, and the enduring valuesof family." -- "School Library Journal"

Book Description:

Award-winning author published for the first time in the UK

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0192750852
• ISBN 13: 9780192750853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176