Two Weeks with the Queen (Galaxy Children's Large Print) - Softcover

Gleitzman, Morris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0754078167 ISBN 13: 9780754078166

Publisher: Galaxy, 2002

Synopsis

Dear Your Majesty the Queen, I need to speak to you urgently about my brother Luke. He's got cancer and the doctors in Australia are being really slack. If I could borrow your top doctor for a few days I know he/she would fix things up in no time. Of course Mum and Dad would pay his/her fares even if it meant selling the car or getting a loan. Please contact me at the above address urgently. Yours sincerely Colin Mudford PS: This is not a hoax.

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Review:

When Luke gets cancer it seems to Colin that it is just another way of his little brother trying to get attention. But when Colin is sent to England he hatches a plot that will really make his mum and dad sit up and take notice. If he can just get to the Queen to ask if he can borrow the best doctor in the country then all will be well.

Two Weeks With the Queen is a delight from beginning to end, and brilliantly combines comedy and tragedy as Colin embarks on his hilarious mission. The reluctance of adults to discuss Luke's illness is incredibly well observed, and Colin's dream of resolving his family's problems and becoming the hero of the piece is dealt with so tenderly amid the laugh-out-loud comedy that it is nigh on impossible not to shed a tear. A brilliant book from Australia's best-loved children's author. --Susan Harrison

Review:

"A gem of a book." (The Guardian)

About this edition

• Publisher: Galaxy
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0754078167
• ISBN 13: 9780754078166
• Binding: Paperback