Swallowdale

Arthur Ransome author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:6th Sep '01

£7.99

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Swallowdale cover

A timeless classic, beautifully rejacketed. One of twelve Arthur Ransome titles reissued this month.

John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world and containing an extra secret concealed within it.John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world and containing an extra secret concealed within it.

Quite an achievement * The Guardian *
There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating * Times Literary Supplement *
Swallowdale is a real book . . . Even better than Swallows and Amazons * Time and Tide *

ISBN: 9780099427155

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm

Weight: 319g

464 pages