Description
Product ID: | 9781781128510 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | One Shot |
Authors: | Author: Tanya Landman |
Page Count: | 120 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 13 years, For reluctant readers (children) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A powerful and deeply moving coming-of-age drama from Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman, inspired by the life of infamous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. A powerful and deeply moving coming-of-age drama from Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman, inspired by the life of infamous sharpshooter Annie Oakley.After the death of her beloved father, Maggie and her family are thrown into a life of destitution.With little income and no way to live off their poor land, Maggie tries to provide for her family the way her father always had – with his hunting rifle and whatever animals the forest would provide. But when her mother is confronted with her "unladylike" behaviour, Maggie is thrown into a life of unthinkable cruelty and abuse.With no one to care for her and only the hope of escape, all Maggie can do is survive. |
Imprint Name: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-03-05 |