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Giant Cold
Spending the last night on a holiday island, a boy dreams that the Giant Cold reduces the tropical retreat to a frozen wasteland and that he is the only one who can restore the warmth.
69 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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Peter Dickinson
141 books156 followersPeter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL was a prolific English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.
Peter Dickinson lived in Hampshire with his second wife, author Robin McKinley. He wrote more than fifty novels for adults and young readers. He won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Award twice, and his novel The Blue Hawk won The Guardian Award in 1975.
Peter Dickinson lived in Hampshire with his second wife, author Robin McKinley. He wrote more than fifty novels for adults and young readers. He won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Award twice, and his novel The Blue Hawk won The Guardian Award in 1975.
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February 22, 2022
A beautifully written story of prose
A beautifully written story of prose of immense imagination.
I am not so sure this book is for or can be easily understood by children or young adults though.
Why do people argue when they have paid so much to be happy? - Loc. 35
Each wants to give the others the best they possibly can. That’s what love means. - Loc. 36
Sometimes it seems to become a different competition—who shall have their own way, who is strongest? - Loc. 37
Strange how you know a thief by the way he moves. - Loc. 182
A beautifully written story of prose of immense imagination.
I am not so sure this book is for or can be easily understood by children or young adults though.
Why do people argue when they have paid so much to be happy? - Loc. 35
Each wants to give the others the best they possibly can. That’s what love means. - Loc. 36
Sometimes it seems to become a different competition—who shall have their own way, who is strongest? - Loc. 37
Strange how you know a thief by the way he moves. - Loc. 182
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