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Horace has received an almost impossible homework assignment at King Arthur's School for Trainee Knights--he has to kill a dragon, which is even more difficult because his father is one.Tags
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A book about children working together to solve the problem of 3 impossible seeming homework tasks. The best character by far is Horace's sister GRUB who breaks all stereotypical moulds of a medieval girl. while she isn't allowed to go to school she spends all day in her workshop inventing things that are of great use ... much to Horace's surprise!
Cute enough, but no real depth, and the parents are just too lame. Also, it can't seem to decide if it's a generic parody of fantasy, or a specific tribute to the Arthurian setting. (The king does make a brief appearance.) Love the sister - if this gets developed into a series I want to see more of her.
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281+ Works 10,228 Members
Jackie French was born on November 29, 1953 in Sydney, Australia. She overcame dyslexia to write over 140 books for both children and adults. Her children's books include Diary of a Wombat, Christmas Wombat, Flood, and Fire. A Waltz for Matilda, published in 2016, won the Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Award for fiction for years 7-9. She has also show more written 6 gardening books. She has received numerous awards including the 2000 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers and the UK Wow! Award for Hitler's Daughter, an Aurealis Award for Cafe on Callisto, and ACT Book of the Year for In the Blood. She was chosen to be the Australian National Children's Laureate for 2014-2015 and was named the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also won a 2015 Excellence Award and the Redmond Barry Award, which honors contributions to the library and information sector. In 2016, she and illustrator Peter Bray won the ACT Writing and Publishing Award in the children's book category for their book, Horace the Baker's Horse and she was given the Pixie O'Harris Award for service to Australian children's books given by the Australian Book Industry Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 2004
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 820 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures
- LCC
- PZ7 .F88903 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
