Letters to a Dog
Letters from a longed-for pet provide comfort and entertainment for a lonely boy in a heartfelt and gently humorous tale from bestselling author Piers Torday.Jamie is in hospital waiting for a life-changing operation. And to make a difficult time even harder, he's fallen out with his dad and refuses to speak to him when he comes to visit.To keep his spirits up, nurse Shirley suggests he writes a letter to the dog he desperately wants to adopt from the local dog home. But imagine his surprise when Dog writes back!Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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Letters from a longed-for pet provide comfort and entertainment for a lonely boy in a heartfelt and gently humorous tale from bestselling author Piers Torday.Jamie is in hospital waiting for a life-changing operation. And to make a difficult time even harder, he's fallen out with his dad and refuses to speak to him when he comes to visit.To keep his spirits up, nurse Shirley suggests he writes a letter to the dog he desperately wants to adopt from the local dog home. But imagine his surprise when Dog writes back!Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
H | B | T | Gramm
193 mm | 135 mm | 12 mm | 133 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Barrington Stoke
ISBN-10
1800901003
ISBN-13
9781800901001
Autor
Piers Torday
Weitere Mitwirkende
McKinley, Alice
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
70
Themen
Kinder/Jugendliche: Freundschaftsgeschichten, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Hunde und Wölfe, Kinder/Jugendliche: Persönliche und soziale Themen: Einsamkeit, Isolation, Kinder/Jugendliche: Natur- und Tiergeschichten, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine, moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik, Kinder/Jugendliche: Lustige Geschichten, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Haustiere und Haustierhaltung: Hunde, Kinder/Jugendliche: Kurzgeschichten, Fortsetzungsgeschichten, auch Kinder-Comics und Comic-Serien
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