The Exiles
by:
Hilary McKay (author)
ISBN:
9780575049345 (0575049340)
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: The Exiles (#1)
Tremendously appealing book about four sisters spending the summer with their grandmother with nothing to read. Please ignore the hideously dated cover.Library copy
And the moral of the story is that you should not let other people's ill-behaved children stay with you because they will wreck your house and burn up your books.
by Hilary McKayOpening lines--"It was the last weekend before the summer holidays. Naomi Conroy crouched uncomfortably at the end of the garden reading a book."This is one of those books where I finished and immediately thought, "WHY, oh WHY have I never read this before?" As I mentioned recently,...