The Sterkarm Handshake
by Price, Susan
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 2000. BG1 - A trade paperback advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges plus there is some very, very light bumping at the bottom right corner plus one page is dogeared plus there is some light rubbing of the cover overall. A 21st-century mega-corporation opens a Time Tube to the 16th century, the stiff-backed CEO finds his plans for exploiting the mineral and tourism possibilities of the ancient English-Scottish border frustrated by the Sterkarms. The members of this wild 16th-century Scottish clan are left-handed, and while they smile and offer the right hand, the left wields a dagger. A vivid and sometimes humorous portrayal of confrontation between cultures This book is a winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and a Carnegie Medal Finalist. By the author of "Ghost Dance," "The Ghost Drum," "Ghost Song," and "Horror Stories." 440p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
Synopsis
The Sterkarm Handshake (1998) is a science fiction novel by Susan Price which won the 1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. It deals with time travel between the 21st and 16th centuries and its effect on the Sterkarms, an ancient Scottish.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW06236
- Title
- The Sterkarm Handshake
- Author
- Price, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Children's Book Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Fiction Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Young Adult Fiction Fantasy Magic Time Travel Advance Reading Copy ARC Uncorrected Proof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Science Fiction; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts; Fiction: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Near Future Fiction; Literature / Other Literary Awards;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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- Trade Paperback
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- Good+
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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