Hunter in the dark
by Monica Hughes
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A teenage boy goes on a secret hunting trip alone in an effort to come to terms with his leukemia and to test his strength and resourcefulness in battling the elements and stalking the white-tailed deer that is his quarry.Tags
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"Boken handlar om en femtonårig pojke, Mike, som bor i en liten stad i Kanada. Han bor tillsammans med sin mamma och pappa. Eftersom han är enda barnet är han bortskämd och överbeskyddad. Han planerar tillsammans med sin bästa vän, Doug, en jakttur när de har fyllt sexton, det är då man får köpa licens för storviltsjakt. Han har fått ett eget fint gevär av sin pappa och de har planerat allt noggrant. Han drömmer mycket om jakten på den store vitsvanshjorten och ofta på resan de ska göra. Men sen går planerna omkull." Mimers Brunn.
Feb 8, 2021Swedish
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Monica Hughes was born in Liverpool, England on November 3, 1925. Before joining the Women's Royal Naval Service, she lived in Egypt as a child and went to school in Scotland. During World War II, she worked on breaking German codes. In 1952, she immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and began working at Ottawa's National Research Council. She show more started writing survival stories and science fiction novels for young adults. Her works include the Isis trilogy and Hunter in the Dark. She won numerous awards including the Phoenix Award for literary merit. She was named to the Order of Canada in 2002. She died from a stroke on March 7, 2003 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Hunter in the dark
- Original title
- Hunter in the dark
- Original publication date
- 1982
- Dedication
- For Russ, who hunts in the light; and in the memory of Russell Avey, who was not afraid of the dark.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .H87364 .H — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 17
