by Jan Mark · Kingfisher Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780862728755
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«School Stories» is the anthology of school tales chosen by Jan Mark, published by Kingfisher Books Ltd in paperback (256 pages, in English).
It collects 25 stories spanning the history of the genre: from an extract of the first school story ever written to classics like Tom Sawyer and contemporaries like Marmalade Atkins, with ghosts, mischief and classroom life as a backdrop.
It belongs to the Kingfisher Story Library collection, features illustrations by David Parkins and was originally published in 1992.
Aimed at child and young adult readers, as well as lovers of stories set in school.
Jan Mark was a British writer best known for children's books. In all she wrote more than fifty novels and plays and many anthologised short stories. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, both for Thunder and Lightnings (1976) and for Handles (1983). She was also a "Highly Commended" runner-up for Nothing To Be Afraid Of (1980).
