**In a tale full of humor and poignancy, a sheltered twelve-year-old boy comes of age in a small Florida mining town amid the changing mores of the 1960s.** It's 1966 and Dewey Turner is determined to start the school year right. No more being the brunt of every joke. No more "Deweyitis." But after
Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains
โ Scribed by Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
**A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world 's least explored places. **
**' A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley **
'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of _Jupiter 's Travels _
'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I 'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' **Benedict Allen, author of _Edge of Blue Heaven _and ** _Into the Abyss _
'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page ' **Alastair Humphreys, author of _The Boy Who Biked the...
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