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Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father’s death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York.Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Curious Incident, Hughes’ story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.
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Unhooking the Moon, Gregory Hughes
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Unhooking the Moon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gregory Hughes
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 374
- ISBN10
- 1849162956
- ISBN13
- 9781849162951
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, Family relationships, Siblings
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- Unhooking The Moon
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father’s death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York.Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Curious Incident, Hughes’ story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.