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As with so many of Geraldine’s novels, she has in Gold Dust created an entirely original yet believable world, this time in Brazil. Utterly engrossing, fast-paced, full of humour and heartbreak your imagination will run riot throughout the novel and you’ll be in awe of the author’s skill in creating something quite so good.
Inez and her brother are amazed to find a huge hole being dug right outside the front door of their father's shop. Then suddenly more holes appear all over the main street and before long the cars can't use the road and everyone has to walk around balancing on planks of wood. It can only be a matter of time before the foundations give way and the whole town collapses. People are travelling from all over the country - the word on everyone's lips is GOLD. A fast-paced tale of a South American gold rush, told with all Geraldine McCaughrean's usual skill and verve.
'a rich tale of the lust for money that undermines an entire Brazilian town' The Guardian
'This novel is pure gold dust: not only teenagers will value it.' Times Educational Supplement
ISBN: 9780192755292
Publication date: 04/10/2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9780192755292 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2007 |
| Author: | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Suitable for: | 9+ readers |
| Recommendations: | eBooks |
Geraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times) and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband, daughter and golden retriever, Daisy. Read more about the author here. Anne Fine on Geraldine McCaughrean: 'I reckon Geraldine McCaughrean knocks the socks off every other children's writer today. Everything she does is different and everything works – look at her list of prizes. She must write ...
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