The Lion Tamer's Daughter
by Peter Dickinson
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Keith has moved, leaving his best friend Melly behind. Then he meets Melanie. She and Melly are so alike they could be the same girl. But they're also entirely different. They are in fact mirror images - can Keith find the truth?Tags
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4.5 stars. It's like a themed anthology, four stories from one idea. The twist is, all these wonderfully imaginative stories are by the same creative genius. I haven't the words. Recommended to anyone who can stand to read about the kind of mysterious magic that's free of most of the archetypal ghosts etc., and who can stand to read books meant primarily for young teens.
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Peter Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia on December 16, 1927. He served in the British Army before receiving a B.A. in English literature from King's College, Cambridge in 1951. He was an assistant editor and reviewer for Punch Magazine for seventeen years. His first book, The Weathermonger, was published in 1968. He show more has written over 50 books for adults and young adults. His works for adults include Death of a Unicorn, Skeleton-in-Waiting, Perfect Gallows, The Yellow Room Conspiracy, and Some Deaths Before Dying. His works for young adults include The Iron Lion, The Ropemaker, Angel Isle, and In the Palace of the Khans. He has won several awards including the Boston Globe Horn Book Award in 1989 for Eva, the Carnegie Medal in 1979 for Tulku and in 1980 for City of Gold, the Whitbread Children's Prize for Tulku, and the Crime Writer's Golden Dagger for Skin Deep in 1968 and A Pride of Heroes in 1969. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE for services to literature. He died after a brief illness on December 16, 2015 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1997
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