Description
Product ID: | 9781781125403 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Five Hundred Miles |
Authors: | Author: Kevin Brooks |
Page Count: | 120 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years, For reluctant readers (children) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Tense teen drama with all the hallmarks of a classic Kevin Brooks, in which two brothers take off in a stolen car with a mysterious girl. A road-movie story shot through with playful hopefulness. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+ Tense teen drama with all the hallmarks of a classic Kevin Brooks, in which two brothers take off in a stolen car with a mysterious girl. A road-movie story shot through with playful hopefulness. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+For brothers Cole and Ruben it''s another rainy morning in the badlands of East London, selling dodgy paperwork for even dodgier motors. But arriving in a grimy pub on their latest errand, the brothers stumble across a trio of gangsters, a beautiful young girl and a monkey in a cage – and their entire day is knocked off course. They soon find themselves fleeing in a hot-wired car, girl and chattering monkey in tow, surrounded by police. Their final destination: Oban, five hundred miles north, where they hope to find sanctuary. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+ |
Imprint Name: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-05-05 |