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Martin's school is no ordinary school. There are snowball fights, kidnappings, cakes, a parachute jump, a mysterious man called 'No-Smoking' who lives in a railway carriage and a play about a flying classroom. As the Christmas holidays draw near, Martin and his friends - nervous Uli, cynical Sebastian, Johnny, who was rescued by a sea captain, and Matthias, who is always hungry (particularly after a meal) - are preparing for the end of term festivities. But there are surprises, sadness and trouble on the way - and a secret that changes everything. The Flying Classroom is a magical, thrilling and bittersweet story about friendship, fun and being brave when you are at your most scared. (It also features a calf called Eduard, but you will have to read it to find out why).
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The flying classroom, Erich Kästner
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- The flying classroom
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Erich Kästner
- Publisher
- Pushkin Children's Books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 155
- ISBN10
- 1782690565
- ISBN13
- 9781782690566
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Young Adult, German Literature, School, Children, Holidays, Christmas, Courage, Boarding School, Group of Children
- First published
- 1933
- Original title
- Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- Martin's school is no ordinary school. There are snowball fights, kidnappings, cakes, a parachute jump, a mysterious man called 'No-Smoking' who lives in a railway carriage and a play about a flying classroom. As the Christmas holidays draw near, Martin and his friends - nervous Uli, cynical Sebastian, Johnny, who was rescued by a sea captain, and Matthias, who is always hungry (particularly after a meal) - are preparing for the end of term festivities. But there are surprises, sadness and trouble on the way - and a secret that changes everything. The Flying Classroom is a magical, thrilling and bittersweet story about friendship, fun and being brave when you are at your most scared. (It also features a calf called Eduard, but you will have to read it to find out why).