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Wipe Out By Mimi Thebo. 9780007142767
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- Condition
- Title
- Wipe Out
- ISBN
- 9780007142767
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Wipe Out
- Item Height
- 203mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Children & Young Adults
- Topic
- Family Life
- Item Width
- 136mm
- Item Weight
- 268g
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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A first children's title from a prize-winning poet and author of adult books. A novel exploring a young boy's grief, set against a colourful background of surfing. Eleven-year-old Billy's mother has just died. Billy's father isn't coping too well so Billy goes to stay with his dull Auntie Mary. The death of his mother has taken all the colour away from Billy's world. He sees his Auntie Mary as a grey person, whose dull blue house is shrouded in fog. Billy feels foggy and dull, too, and longs for the colour to return to his life. His mother was a well-known surfer - Kitten Brown - and the author has woven into this novel the buzzing vibes of the surfing world. Waves, movement, colour, VW combis, Cornwall, surfing songs - described through Billy's dreams as he sleeps away his grief. For though Billy's mother is dead, her joyful personality pervades the whole story as Billy, Auntie Mary and Billy's dad all attempt to deal with their grief. The author confronts the themes of loss and change in a most vibrant and original way. Her writing is sensual - colour, taste, smell, touch and sound all leap from the page. She shows how different people handle loss and change differently, and
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HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007142767
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Wipe Out
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
144 Pages
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Item Height
203mm
Item Width
136mm
Item Weight
268g
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United Kingdom
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