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Medina Hill
Medina Hill
Author: Trilby Kent
In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father?s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a death grip on her copy of T...  more », and Dominic, armed with Incredible Adventures for Boys: Colonel Lawrence and the Revolt in the Desert, find a way of life unlike any they have known. Dominic?s passion for Lawrence of Arabia is tested when he finds himself embroiled in a village uprising against a band of travelers who face expulsion. In defending the vulnerable, Dominic learns what it truly means to have a voice.

Trilby Kent brilliantly handles a far-off time and place to present a story of up-to-the-minute relevance.
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ISBN-13: 9780887768880
ISBN-10: 0887768881
Publication Date: 10/13/2009
Pages: 176
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Tundra Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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