The Beast of Whixall Moss
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
The Beast of Whixall Moss
By (Author) Pauline Fisk
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
18th March 2010
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
120
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 9mm
134g
Description
At the age of eleven, Jack is resigned to his world. So what if he can never satisfy his mother's desire for perfection as his brother can So what if he's lonely out on Whixall Moss He doesn't care - or so he likes to tell himself. Then one day he sees, in a boat hidden on the creek, a beautiful, fabulous beast. At once he is filled with a wild longing: he must own it. But the boat's mysterious inhabitants have other ideas. 1997, this gripping and powerful novel by prize-winning Pauline Fisk is a tale that will live long in the imagination.
Author Bio
Pauline Fisk is the much-loved author of eleven children's novels, including In the Trees, Flying for Frankie, Sabrina Fludde and Midnight Blue which won the Smarties Prize and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Pauline has five children and lives in Shropshire.
