River Daughter. Jane Hardstaff
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Название: River Daughter

Автор: Jane Hardstaff

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Учебная литература

Серия: Executioner's Daughter

isbn: 9781780313894

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СКАЧАТЬ 33a-aa70-5207-942f-5b980cd99bb6">

      

      First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2015 Jane Hardstaff

      Illustrations copyright © 2015 Joe McLaren

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2014

      ISBN 978 1 4052 6832 5

       eISBN 978 1 7803 1389 4

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      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

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      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       7 Eel-Eye Jack

       8 The Great White Bear

       9 On the Roof of The Crow

       10 Little Elizabeth

       11 Whipmaster

       12 Hiding

       13 The Pit

       14 Catching Salmon

       15 Salter’s Way

       16 Jenny Wren

       17 Slider

       18 The River Inside

       19 Friendship Broken

       20 Bladder Street

       21 Princess Redhead

       22 An End to All This

       23 Bear Fight

       24 The Slider Rises

       25 Boat of Leaves

       A note from the author

      Acknowledgements

       Also by Jane Hardstaff

       CHAPTER ONE

       Strange Fish

      ‘Sweet Harry’s scabs! Yer like a frog with hair, Leatherboots.’

      ‘Bet you’ve never seen a frog do this!’

      Moss dived down, turning a full somersault as she went, leaving Salter grinning on the riverbank. As she stretched to touch the stony river bed, she felt the drag of the water against her body. The river here was in no hurry. No roar, no raging currents, just a wide bend and a grassy bank that ushered the moorhens politely on their way. Moss knew this stretch of river as well as she knew the СКАЧАТЬ