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Beschreibung
This pacy urban thriller is the US debut for an award-winning Irish author. Joey's stepdad, Vinnie, ran away from Dublin over a year ago. Now he's back, and everyone wants to know if he's still a wolf.Joey wants to believe Vinnie has given up his dodgy ways and returned to be near his family. But he's in no hurry to meet him. With his girlfriend going to Trinity College and his new start living with his aunt, Joey is trying to move on.
But fate doesn't sit on a fence and Joey will have to confront his own painful past and the role his stepdad played in it.
This pacy urban thriller is the US debut for an award-winning Irish author. Joey's stepdad, Vinnie, ran away from Dublin over a year ago. Now he's back, and everyone wants to know if he's still a wolf.Joey wants to believe Vinnie has given up his dodgy ways and returned to be near his family. But he's in no hurry to meet him. With his girlfriend going to Trinity College and his new start living with his aunt, Joey is trying to move on.
But fate doesn't sit on a fence and Joey will have to confront his own painful past and the role his stepdad played in it.
Über den Autor
James Butler's background is in education and drama. He holds an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. He taught in a primary school for many years in Dublin and set up a Community Drama Theatre Group (F-Troupe) while working there. He wrote plays in collaboration with the group which were performed in the Civic Theatre. In 2005 his play for children, Stuck in the Mud was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award. He spent many years as a writer working in collaboration with the teenage members of Kathryn Coffey's Stage 51 Theatre Group. Some of the plays performed by the group are available on Playshare. (Youth Theatre Ireland's curated compendium of plays.) In 2016 his radio play The carpet Clown was produced by RTÉ Drama On One as part of The PJ O' Connor Awards. In 2019 his novel for young adults, Dangerous Games was published by Little Island Books and won The Great Reads Award (2020).
Details
Altersgruppe: (Bis 2 Jahre)
Empfohlen (von): 12
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Bilderbücher
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781915071507
ISBN-10: 191507150X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Butler, James
Hersteller: Little Island Books Ltd.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 194 x 128 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: James Butler
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.2024
Gewicht: 0,256 kg
Artikel-ID: 127964866