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Minnow on the Say

Philippa Pearce author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:12th Oct '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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New edition of a classic riverside mystery by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.

Two boys set out in their canoe to solve a riverside mystery in this exciting story by bestselling author, Philippa Pearce.An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom's Midnight Garden. David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can't help wishing he could keep her . . . The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They're determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam's ancestors hundreds of years before. But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .

ISBN: 9780192789440

Dimensions: 196mm x 230mm x 21mm

Weight: 242g

272 pages