Owen and the Soldier

Name: Owen and the Soldier
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781781128657
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Lisa Thompson

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A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2020A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park. Only Owen understands how important he is.At... Read More

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A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar.

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award (Dyslexia-friendly)

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A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar.

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2020

A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park. Only Owen understands how important he is.

At home, Owen and his mum are struggling and there's nobody he can talk to. Hidden away in the park, Owen feels free to be himself. When the war-weary soldier is listening, his worries slip away.

But nobody else cares about the soldier, and the town council want to tear him down. Owen's the only one who can save him but can he find the courage to speak up before it's too late?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781781128657

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Mike Lowery
Illustrated by Mike Lowery

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Length: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Lisa Thompson is a children's novelist and the author of the best-selling The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. The Goldfish Boy was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in Suffolk with her family.

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