| A Christmas Carol Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Farmer, Nancy (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0689871805 ISBN-13: 9780689871801 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Newbery Honor author Nancy Farmer writes the Foreword to this Aladdin classic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Horror - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003116536 |
| Lexile Measure: 610 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.14" W x 7.66" (0.25 lbs) 131 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charles Dickens is probably the best-known and, to many people, the greatest English novelist of the nineteenth century. Since its publication in 1843, A Christmas Carol has been adapted for film, television, and the stage, proving that Dickens's characters and themes continue to captivate generation after generation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farmer, Nancy: - Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Lord of Opium, The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.Dickens, Charles: - Charles Dickens (1821-1870) used his fiction to criticize the injustices of his time, especially the brutal treatment of the poor. He is also the author of Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. He was born in Portsmouth, England. |