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Ship Of Ghosts
Ship of Ghosts is a novel by British author Nigel Hinton Nigel Hinton (born 1941 in London) is an English novelist, primarily of fiction for teenagers. Career Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years at the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent. He then wor ... which was first published in 1999. It tells the story of a boy named Mick who became a sailor on a ship that was believed to be haunted. Concept The novel is based on a folk song called William Glenn which is about what happens when sailors discover a murder on their ship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ship of Ghosts 1999 British novels Novels by Nigel Hinton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Hinton
Nigel Hinton (born 1941 in London) is an English novelist, primarily of fiction for teenagers. Career Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years at the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent. He then worked as a professional actor and did some teaching part-time before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has published at least twenty three novels from ''Collision Course'' (1976) to ''The Norris Girls'' (2017), including the ''Buddy'' trilogy for teenagers and the ''Beaver Towers'' stories for younger children. His novel ''The Finders'' won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and ''Collision Course'' won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. His novel ''Out of the Darkness'' won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel ''Time Bomb'', set in 1949 in the area in which he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. In 2014 his short novel ''Partners In Crime'' won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award. He has adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Stoke
Barrington Stoke is a children's book publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 1998 and publishes fiction and non-fiction adapted to different reading ages for reluctant, under-confident and dyslexic children and teens. The books are printed on cream paper to reduce glare and language-edited to increase readability. The text is a specially-adapted dyslexia-friendly font, with a considered layout and numerous chapter breaks. Barrington Stoke was awarded Publisher of the Year in 2007 by the Independent Publisher’s Guild. In 2020, Barrington Stoke had its first CILIP Carnegie Medal winner with ''Lark'' by Anthony McGowan. History Barrington Stoke was founded by Patience Thomson and Lucy Juckes in 1998. Thomson was a principal of a specialist school for dyslexic students and Juckes had held a marketing role with Bloomsbury Publishing. They identified children and young people excluded from books due to dyslexia or other reading issues. The pair then f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with adhesive, glue rather than stitch (textile arts), stitches or Staple (fastener), staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellow-backs, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. In the United States, there are "mass-market paperbacks" and larger, more durable "trade paperbacks". In the United Kingdom, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes. Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Lower-quality paper, glued (rather than stapled or sewn) bindings, and the lack of a hard cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 British Novels
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