Half a creature from the sea: a life in stories
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Contributors:
Taylor, Eleanor,1969-illustrator. Illustrator
ISBN:
9780763678777
Accelerated Reader:
MG+
Level 4.3, 5 Points
Level 4.3, 5 Points
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 650L
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| Grouped Work ID | 3a2aa27c-7a77-ed00-6e86-2957fa3f31df |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | half a creature from the sea a life in |
| Grouping Author | david almond |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-05 03:08:57AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-04-19 03:11:02AM |
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5
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Taylor, Eleanor, 1969-
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Almond, David, 1951-
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Taylor, Eleanor,1969-illustrator.|Illustrator
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Almond, David
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East Regional
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Young Adult
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North Regional - Young Adult
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
North Regional - Young Adult
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
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A storyteller presents a collection of short fiction, interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories.
An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. It features coming of age stories on the theme of closeness to home, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely straight lines and paragraphs and pages. But stories are living things, creatures that move and grow in the imaginations of writer and reader. They must be solid and touchable, like the land, and must have fluid half-known depths, like the sea. These stories take place in a real world - but in fiction, real worlds merge with dreamed worlds. Real people walk with ghosts and figments. Earthly truth goes hand-in-hand with watery lies."
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HL: High-Low
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650
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Fiction
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Fiction
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YA ALMOND
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Wake County Public Libraries
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East Regional
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
North Regional
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9780763678777
publishDate
2015
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Candlewick Press
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Autobiographical fiction
England -- Juvenile fiction
Short stories
Young adult fiction
Young adult fiction, English
England -- Juvenile fiction
Short stories
Young adult fiction
Young adult fiction, English
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Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories
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Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories / David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
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Half a creature from the sea
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a life in stories
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Young adult fiction, English
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| ils:704378 | Book | Books | First U.S. edition | English | Candlewick Press | 2015 | 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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