Skeleton Tree
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When Stanley Stanwright finds a bone poking out of the earth in his back garden, he is determined to take a picture of it and send it to the Young Discoverer's Competition, thinking it will help bring his dad back home. But the bone begins to grow, reaching up out of the ground until it turns into a skeleton – a skeleton with an unusual interest in his unwell younger sister Miren.As time wears on, Miren's condition worsens, and the only time she is truly at peace is when she is playing with the skeleton. But Stanley is wary of him, especially when he finally manages to get a picture, and spots a scythe at the skeleton's feet. . .Skeleton Tree by Kim Ventrella is a whimsical, heartfelt story about a boy who finds a friend in Death with the help of an unusual tree growing in his back garden. With black line illustrations throughout by Victoria Assanelli.
CONTRIBUTORS: Kim Ventrella
EAN: 9781509828678
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 277 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Book Themes:
Hallowe’en, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
When Stanley Stanwright finds a bone poking out of the earth in his back garden, he is determined to take a picture of it and send it to the Young Discoverer's Competition, thinking it will help bring his dad back home. But the bone begins to grow, reaching up out of the ground until it turns into a skeleton – a skeleton with an unusual interest in his unwell younger sister Miren.As time wears on, Miren's condition worsens, and the only time she is truly at peace is when she is playing with the skeleton. But Stanley is wary of him, especially when he finally manages to get a picture, and spots a scythe at the skeleton's feet. . .Skeleton Tree by Kim Ventrella is a whimsical, heartfelt story about a boy who finds a friend in Death with the help of an unusual tree growing in his back garden. With black line illustrations throughout by Victoria Assanelli.
CONTRIBUTORS: Kim Ventrella
EAN: 9781509828678
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 277 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
WIDTH: 130 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Hallowe’en, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Kim Ventrella is a children's librarian, and a lover of weird, whimsical stories of all kinds. She lives in Oklahoma City. Skeleton Tree is her debut novel.Victoria Assanelli loves drawing all things whimsy and dreamlike. She originally trained as a textile designer, but her love of books and drawing led her to pursue illustration. She is from Buenos Aires in Argentina.
