Description
| Product ID: | 9781782953463 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time |
| Authors: | Author: Mark Haddon |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger''s Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour''s lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family. |
| Imprint Name: | Red Fox |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-02-13 |
