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Unhooking the Moon, Gregory Hughes
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
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- Titel
- Unhooking the Moon
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Gregory Hughes
- Verlag
- Quercus
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 374
- ISBN10
- 1849162956
- ISBN13
- 9781849162951
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Young Adult, Abenteuer, Gegenwartsliteratur, Familie, Beziehungen, Familienbeziehungen, Geschwister
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2011
- Originaltitel
- Unhooking The Moon
- Bewertung
- 3,95 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father’s death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York.Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Curious Incident, Hughes’ story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.