The Hairy Hands (Galaxy Children's Large Print Books) - Softcover

Kemp, Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0754060721 ISBN 13: 9780754060727

Publisher: Galaxy, 1999

Synopsis

Jessica is not happy about her father's plans to remarry, but her brother Tom is livid. They don't want a step-family, particularly not a black one, and definitely not one containing Felix, Tom's big football rival at school. Dad's plans for a bonding holiday on Dartmoor seem doomed, and that's before Jessica hears about the legend of the Hairy Hands. Family tensions and spooky happenings cause a crisis before deadly danger, in the shape of an escaped convict, brings this unwilling family together.

About this title

About the Author:

Gene Kemp was born in the Midlands, the youngest of a large family. She won a scholarship to the local Grammar School and then an Exhibition to Exeter University where she read English. Her first children's book, THE PRIME OF TAMWORTH PIG, was published in 1972. Her most famous title, THE TURBULENT TERM OF TYKE TILER, won the Carnegie Medal and the Other Award and has become a modern classic.
Gene Kemp lives in Exeter.

Synopsis:

Jessica and Tom are unhappy about Dad's plans to remarry. So Dad decides a holiday on Dartmoor will help them to get to know each other better. But the holiday seems doomed when Jessica becomes fascinated with a book of local legends.

About this edition

• Publisher: Galaxy
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0754060721
• ISBN 13: 9780754060727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 187