The lost
Shearer, Alex200407UU
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In this atmospheric thriller, Jonah chases after a fire engine and mysteriously disappears. His best friend, Joe never stops believing that he is alive and that one day he will find him. Years later, Joe meets Anna. When he finds Jonah's rucksack on her land, he realises Anna has a terrifying secret. A year, two years, three years pass and Joe still takes solitary bike rides into the countryside, one day meeting an attractive woman named Anna, who valiantly maintains her smallholding all alone. But Anna also lives with sadness - the death of her baby son, buried in the local churchyard. As their friendship grows, Joe finds an old, weathered, half-buried backpack - Jonah's backpack - on Anna's land. Now his life is in danger as he realizes that Anna has a terrible and terrifying secret ...
Main title:
The lost / Alex Shearer.
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Imprint:
London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2004.
Collation:
256 p. ; 20x13x2 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Audience:
Interest age level: From 9 To 11.
ISBN:
9780330431880 (pbk)0330431889 (pbk)
Dewey class:
JF
Language:
English
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BRN:
126317
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