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Twins, Dorothy and Walter Hollins have a passion for writing stories, climbing trees and getting into trouble. It is just before World War I and their father is butler at the Big House where Master George lives. The twins introduce Master George to the Sailing-Ship Tree. Everything changes with the arrival of Tweeny, a young maid, as a friendship develops between her and Master George. The two plan to stowaway to Australia to start a new life but Master George leaves the ship before it sails when his missing father reappears. Years later Master George does go to Australia, finds Tweeny and marries her.
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Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool. She studied English Literature at Durham University and has been a full-time writer, for both children and adults, since the publication of her first book in 1982. Berlie has won the Carnegie Medal twice - for GRANNY WAS A BUFFER GIRL and DEAR NOBODY. In 1997 she won the Writers' Guild Children's Fiction Award for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages. Berlie Doherty lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
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Twins, Dorothy and Walter have a passion for writing stories, climbing trees and getting in trouble. When the twins befriend Master George they introduce him to the sailing-ship tree. But everything changes when he falls in love with Tweeny and the two plan to stowaway to Australia
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0241136156
- ISBN 13 9780241136157
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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