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Little Lord Fauntleroy


Puffin Classics

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No. of pages 256

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Great for age 9-12 years
The story of a small, angelic boy from New York who is told he is the heir to an English earldom and is whisked away to the English countryside where he begins to win over his bad-tempered old grandfather. When the boy's identity is challenged, his old friends from New York come to his rescue.

 

This book is part of a book series called Puffin Classics .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Penguin Books Ltd .

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS is John Boyne's first book for children. He is 33 years old, lives in Dublin and is a full-time writer. He was writer-in-residence at the University of East Anglia on the MA in Creative Writing course and spent many years working as a bookseller. Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English-American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.

This book contains the following story:

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Growing up in a poor New York neighbourhood, Cedric Errol appears to be a normal American boy. However, as he discovers when he meets his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, he is actually Lord Fauntleroy, and is expected to become an English gentleman. Whisked away from his mother and his friends, Cedric must find a way to convince his grandfather to send him home and show him that there is more to nobility than titles and wealth. When the boy's identity is challenged, his old friends from New York come to his rescue.

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Puffin Classics

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