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Catherine Johnson - Race to the Frozen North, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Race to the Frozen North

The Matthew Henson Story

Av Catherine Johnson

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Beskrivning
A thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Johnson. Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become a true pioneer.This is his remarkable and often untold story. Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-09-05
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 8 mm
  • Vikt: 200 g
  • Ålder: 9-12
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Läsålder: 9-12
  • Antal sidor: 128
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Illustratör: Katie Hickey
  • ISBN: 9781781128404
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.)
  • Utmärkelser: Long-listed for North Somerset Teachers Book Award 2019
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Catherine Johnson is a screenwriter and bestselling author of several books for children and young adults. Shortlisted for the 2020 UKLA Book Awards, Race to the Frozen North is a perennial bestseller with sales of over 40,000 to date. Her acclaimed novel Sawbones won the Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction, and The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the YA Book Prize. Catherine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.||Katie is a freelance illustrator recently graduated from Falmouth University. Having grown up in Cornwall, and also in the middle-east, Katie takes inspiration from her travels and surroundings to create her illustrations. Her work deals with both narrative and information and often combines the two.

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"Catherine Johnson is the master of historical fiction for children; her prose is warm and wise and utterly gripping" – Katherine Rundell

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