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Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl.

Dahl, Roald. (Author).

Summary:

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0140318909
  • ISBN: 014241381X
  • ISBN: 0374373744
  • ISBN: 9780142413814
  • ISBN: 9780142413814
  • Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984.

Content descriptions

With Note:
MARCIVE 03/01/06
Formatted Contents Note:
Starting-point -- Papa and Mama 13 -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 21 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9) -- Bicycle and the Sweet-shop 27 -- Great Mouse Plot 35 -- Mr Coombes 38 -- Mrs Pratchett's Revenge 45 -- Going to Norway 51 -- Magic Island 57 -- A Visit to the Doctor 64 -- St Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13) -- First Day 69 -- Writing Home 74 -- Matron 79 -- Homesickness 86 -- A Drive in the Motor-car 91 -- Captain Hardcastle 99 -- Little Ellis and the Boil 112 -- Goat's Tobacco 115 -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20) -- Getting Dressed for the Big School 123 -- Boazers 128 -- Headmaster 130 -- Chocolates 133 -- Corkers 136 -- Fagging 140 -- Games and Photography 146 -- Goodbye School 151.
Citation/References Note:
Booklist, 6/1/1987
Target Audience Note:
1020L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 6 9543.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6 6 9543.

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Dahl, Roald > Juvenile literature.
Dahl, Roald > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
Authors, English.
Authors, English > Juvenile literature.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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