- Fiction, Humorous stories, Scarecrows, Adventure and adventurers
A tattered scarecrow stands in the middle of a muddy field, taking no notice of the violent thunderstorm around him. But when a bolt of lightning strikes him, fizzing its way through his turnip head and down his broomstick, the Scarecrow blinks with surprise--and comes to life.
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- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 229
- Publisher
- Brand: Books On Tape, Van Goor, Knopf
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- French, Dutch, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780385606585
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Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, [*His Dark Materials*](/series/OL330755L/His_Dark_Materials), and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
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