Title Trouble half-way / Jan Mark ; illustrated by David Parkins

Published Harmondsworth : Viking Kestrel, 1985

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W'PONDS CRC	J Mar		AVAILABLE

Description 127 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary SUMMARY: When Amy's mother goes away to be with Grandad when he is rushed to hospital, Richard, Amy's new stepfather, insists that Amy accompany him in the truck on his next journey to the North of England. Although Amy does not wish to go, and dreads doing the unconventional, the journey proves to be unusual and amusing, and a means by which Amy comes to understand her stepfather and gains new confidence in herself͠ Notes Children's stories in English,. 1945- - Texts (BNB/PRECIS) For children Audience For 10-15 year old children Subject Families -- England -- Fiction. Individuality -- Fiction. Parent and child -- Fiction. Self-confidence -- Fiction. Stepfathers -- Fiction. Truck drivers -- Juvenile fiction. Truck drivers -- England -- Fiction. Voyages and travels -- Fiction SUBJECT England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Parkins, David. ISBN 0670801887

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