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The Emperor's Winding Sheet
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The Emperor's Winding Sheet Paperback - 2004

by Paton Walsh, Jill

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Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title The Emperor's Winding Sheet
  • Author Paton Walsh, Jill
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 251
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc, Emeryville, California, U.S.A.
  • Date May 1, 2004
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2755120-6
  • ISBN 9781886910881 / 188691088X
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.26 x 5.54 x 0.64 in (20.98 x 14.07 x 1.63 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Library of Congress subjects Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918, Istanbul (Turkey) - History - Siege, 1453
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73090970
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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First line

From where the boy was, precariously perched in the bending branches of the little orange tree, a wide and lovely landscape could be seen.

About the author

Jill Paton Walsh
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada): Jill Paton Walsh was born in London and was educated at Oxford. She currently lives in Cambridge where, with John Rowe Townsend, she runs a small specialist imprint "Green Bay Publications." She is the author of many award-winning books for children. She won the Book World Festival Award in 1970 for FIREWEED; the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for THE EMPEROR'S WINDING SHEET; the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1976 for UNLEAVING; the Universe Prize in 1984 for A PARCEL OF PATTERNS and the Smarties Prize Grand Prix in 1986 for GAFFER SAMSON'S LUCK.