- Kidnapping, Family problems, Fiction, Children's fiction
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Tim Bowler
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 205
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Margaret K. McElderry
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780689845734
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First sentence
“THE SOUND CAME AGAIN, cutting through the night: a sharp, metallic tap that carried even up to the first floor of the house where Sam lay sleeping.”
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