- Fiction, Runaways, Brothers and sisters, Runaway children
Shortly after arriving in France on holiday, two homesick English children run away from their temporary guardians and set off for their home and mother, who is recovering from a breakdown.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- K. M. Peyton
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 104
- Publisher
- Methuen, Chivers Audio Books, Philomel Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780745185682
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About K. M. Peyton · 1929
K.M. Peyton is a pseudonym of Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton.
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