Peter O'Donnell (2)
Author of Pinkie Leaves Home
For other authors named Peter O'Donnell, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Peter O'Donnell was born in London on April 11, 1920. During World War II, he served in a signal regiment in the British Army, assigned to France, Persia (now Iran), Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy and Greece. He began drawing comic strips for children as a teenager, and after the war he wrote a show more number of different strips including Dr. No, Garth, and Romeo Brown on a freelance basis. He created the Modesty Blaise comic strip, which was published in The London Evening Standard from 1963 to 2001. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 20 Modesty Blaise novels including Sabre-Tooth, A Taste for Death and The Night of the Morningstar, two short stories collections, and a play entitled Mr. Fothergill's Murder. He wrote a series of 19th-century romance novels under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. He also wrote for television, film, women's magazines and children's papers. He died on May 3, 2010 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Summary:
Dizzy and his friends rescue a little boy lost in the jungle so the boy and his father invite them to the Big City. Dizzy gets separated from his friends after they arriving at the city airport then he starts a trip by himself in the city and gets in some troubles, Finally his friends find Dizzy by a helicopter and rescue him from a traffic jam.
Genre:
It's a modern animal fantasy book since the characters in this book are animals acting like human and the story happened in a modern show more city.
Critiques:
The book is in a clear writing and figurative language, Dizzy as a character is made up lively. The only shortage is that the pictures are a little bit dizzy.
Comments on use:
Not that good for reading aloud but good for reading by students themselves. show less
Dizzy and his friends rescue a little boy lost in the jungle so the boy and his father invite them to the Big City. Dizzy gets separated from his friends after they arriving at the city airport then he starts a trip by himself in the city and gets in some troubles, Finally his friends find Dizzy by a helicopter and rescue him from a traffic jam.
Genre:
It's a modern animal fantasy book since the characters in this book are animals acting like human and the story happened in a modern show more city.
Critiques:
The book is in a clear writing and figurative language, Dizzy as a character is made up lively. The only shortage is that the pictures are a little bit dizzy.
Comments on use:
Not that good for reading aloud but good for reading by students themselves. show less
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