'... a tale of determined ambition and reward.'

- The Sunday Tribune, The Sunday Tribune

Charlie would love a bike, but his family cannot afford one. Then he manages to assemble a strange-looking bike from old bits and pieces -- not exactly cool, but full of character. In fact, so full of character that it almost begins to develop a life of its own! This strange bike changes Charlie's life ...
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Charlie assembles a strange-looking bike from old bits and pieces - not exactly cool, but full of character - which changes his life!

Product details

ISBN
9780862785321
Published
1997
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Weight
114 gr
Height
196 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
7 mm
Age
J, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
96

Author
Illustrated by

Biographical note

Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city. He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children's fiction on both sides of the Atlantic. Celine Kiernan is an Irish author of fantasy novels for young adults. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy. Her fourth book, Into the Grey, won both the CBI Book of the Year Award and the CBI Children's Choice Award in 2012. It won the 2013 Readers' Association of Ireland Award for best book. Born and raised in Dublin, she now lives in Virginia, Co. Cavan.