Ricky Thomas, brother Doug and sister Polly spend their summer holidays in the coffee walk surrounding their grandparents' country home in Dallas, Jamaica. There they play games of 'Three on a Desert Island'. It's a sunbaking day in July. Above the children the leaves of the mango and coffee trees are drying, the thin asphalt becoming syrupy beneath their feet, the atmosphere electric with the sun's heat. But while Ricky scouts for an observation platform for his imaginary island, the children feel it. They feel the earth ...
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Ricky Thomas, brother Doug and sister Polly spend their summer holidays in the coffee walk surrounding their grandparents' country home in Dallas, Jamaica. There they play games of 'Three on a Desert Island'. It's a sunbaking day in July. Above the children the leaves of the mango and coffee trees are drying, the thin asphalt becoming syrupy beneath their feet, the atmosphere electric with the sun's heat. But while Ricky scouts for an observation platform for his imaginary island, the children feel it. They feel the earth itself move beneath them. Is it part of their vivid imaginations-or is it the sign of a coming earthquake? "Strongly recommended." The School Librarian "...a cleverly constructed story of mounting tension... " Junior Bookshelf "This is a fine story, a worthy successor to Hurricane ...' British Book News
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Add this copy of Earthquake to cart. $11.38, poor condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1971 by Oxford University Press.
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Poor. Moderate wear and tanning/grubbiness to covers. Extremities have been taped, but tape is grubby and beginning to peel. Mild tanning/foxing to pages, but content is clear and legible. Inscriptions to inside both covers. 96 p. Oxford Children's Paperbacks . 1ill. Intended for a juvenile audience.
Add this copy of Earthquake (Oxford Children's Paperbacks) to cart. $13.61, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Oxford University Press.
