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“Blackman’s style is expertly tailored to the needs of teenage readers.”
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–Times Educational Supplement
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MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. Malorie Blackman was the Children’s Laureate 2013–15.
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- EditoreDoubleday Childrens
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 0385607733
- ISBN 13 9780385607735
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine512
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First (1st) Edition. SIGNED by Marjorie Blackman . Book is Unread . Front/Back: New . Spine: New . Pages: New . Jacket: New . Printing: 13579108642 . NOT price-clipped . Year: 2005. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 2420
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