Noel Streatfeild 2-book Collection: Thursday’s Child and Far to Go

Noel Streatfeild 2-book Collection: Thursday’s Child and Far to Go

by Noel Streatfeild
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/04/2020

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Join the unforgettable heroine Margaret Thursday as she makes her way from an orphanage to the stage in this ebook collection containing the classic novels Thursday’s Child and Far to Go by Noel Streatfeild, the beloved author of Ballet Shoes.


Margaret Thursday was named after the day she was found on the church steps as a baby. But she isn’t really an orphan – each year a bag of gold coins is left at the church for her keep. However, when Margaret is eleven years old, the money suddenly stops and her guardians have no choice but to send her away to an orphanage.


This is where Margaret’s story really begins, taking her and her new friends from orphanage to canal boat and eventually to the theatre. But Margaret will have to outwit her archenemy, the cruel matron of the orphanage, at every turn…

ISBN:
9780008384890
9780008384890
Category:
Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-04-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Noel Streatfeild

Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex in 1895 and was one of three sisters. After working in munitions factories and canteens for the armed forces when the First World War broke out, Noel followed her dream of being on stage and went to RADA where she became a professional actress.

She began writing children's books in 1931 and Ballet Shoes was published in 1936. She quickly became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983.

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