The flying classroom
Kästner, Erich, 1899-19742014
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Five boys are preparing for their school Christmas play: conscientious Martin, too poor to pay for his train fare home at the end of term; Johnny, whose parents have left him and who'll have to stay at school over the holidays; Matthew, strong, thick-skinned and good-natured, looking forward to the punching ball he's been promised for Christmas; sensitive and fearful Uli; and intelligent, complicated Sevastian, who thinks that Christmas is overrated but is happy to play along. Meanwhile, a rival boys' school is threatening their peace - and their housemaster's mysterious falling-out with an old friend, who lives in a (non-smoking) railway carriage, demands to be explained and rectified. Both quietly melancholic and very funny, this is a story about the fun, adventure, and worries, both small and serious, that are the reality of childhood days.
Main title:
The flying classroom / Erich Kästner ; translated by Anthea Bell ; illustrated by Walter Trier.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Children's Books, 2014.
Collation:
155 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781782690566 (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.912TAK
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
1821967
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