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The Suitcase Kid.

by WILSON**, JACQUELINE:

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ISBN 10
0385401752
ISBN 13
9780385401753
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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Nick Sharratt illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean - contents bright,tight and clean also,apart from light page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,yellow cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-154pp [paginated] includes 26 alphabetically lettered chapters,each with a b/w illustrated chapter head-piece by Nick Sharratt; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,dedication,and 2pp blanks to rear. My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage.Mum,Dad,and me - and Radish,my Sylvanian rabbit.But we didn't live happily ever after. Now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids.Dad lives with Carrie and her twins.And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase.One week with Mum's new family,one week with Dad's. It's as easy as A B C.That's what everyone says.A for Andy (that's me).B for Bad (that's me,too).C for Cross (not half).It's not easy.I want to go home - back to Mulberry Cottage,just Mum,Dad,me and Radish. . . . . 'The Suitcase Kid',written by best-selling children's author Jacqueline Wilson,is a realistic,moving,yet often very funny tale of a ten-year-old girl's experience of life after divorce,a life in which she is now part of two new families. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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A sensitive and humourous story of the effects of divorce, from an award winning author.When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me...My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. One week with Mum's new family, one week with Dad's. It's as easy as A B C. That's what everyone says. But all I want is to go home - back to Mulberry Cottage...

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Suitcase Kid.
Author
WILSON**, JACQUELINE:
Illustrator
illus by Nick Sharratt**.
Format/Binding
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0385401752
ISBN 13
9780385401753
Publisher
LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,1999.
This edition first published
02/13/19
Keywords
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