Gillian D'achada

Sharkey's Son (school edition) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This award-winning novel is a story of friendship, adventure and a journey of trust. When thirteen-year-old Grant's dad disappears, the only clue to his whereabouts is R50 000 in a cell phone FLASH account. Rather than going to his uncle in Cape Town, Grant decides to run away to find his fisherman father. But before long he finds himself hurt and alone on a secluded West Coast beach. Desperate to remain hidden from the authorities, Grant seeks the help of Smiler and Ally; but can they be trusted?

Winner of the Gold Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature (2007).

This school edition of Sharkey's Son is included in the Department of Basic Education's National Catalogue for Senior Phase learners. It has been revised and updated with activities for pre-reading and post-reading, questions according to cognitive levels, glossaries and notes on the genre of the novel. Memoranda available online at www.tafelberg.com.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tafelberg
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780624065920
• Artikelnr.: 43889205

Autorenporträt

Gillian D'achada was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1962 - and began writing as soon as she knew how. After matriculating from Fish Hoek High School she attended the University of Cape Town where she studied history and English. Thereafter she pursued a career in copywriting and scriptwriting. She also later obtained a BA Theology degree and spent a number of years on the mission field. Gillian travelled extensively in Africa, the Middle East, Australia and India as a scriptwriter and lecturer in a Biblical approach to creativity. She has three daughters - Lissa, Candice and Claire-lyn - and is married to John, her 'manuscript doctor'. They live in Kalk Bay from where they run their Bible training organization, King's Cross.