Billy Brigson Shines - Smith, Amanda

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Biographie:
Amanda Smith grew up in Yorkshire. She trained in theatre dance for most of her life, opening her own dancing school and exploring her creativity in theatrical productions. She later gained a degree in education and spent her time in primary schools getting to know the kind of fiction her pupils loved. The stories she told her own children reflected experiences from her childhood, and they often listened to and treasured the stories she created. She is now delighted to be able to share the stories with her readers....

Sommaire:
Can a small lump of coal really be magic? Billy s dad, a miner, gives him a piece of coal, but it turns out to be much more than just a keepsake. When trouble strikes, the coal might be the very thing that comes to Billy s rescue Each day on the way to school, Billy and his friends pass the War House: an overgrown, crumbling place, dark and forbidding. No one dares go near it. But when Billy rescues Maisy, a little dog caught on the garden fence, he returns her to the kindly old caretaker, Mr Parker, and ends up late for school, with Sandra Blagstock, the dreaded late monitor, waiting to pounce. That evening, Mr Parker comes with worrying news: Maisy has vanished. Billy and his friends search high and low, but she s nowhere to be found. Then, on the way home, Billy hears barking from inside the War House. He creeps towards the gate. Is his adventure about to begin? He knows he must help the little dog But will he dare enter the terrifying building alone?...