Take a unique journey through the twists and turns of some of the greatest tales in English literature in this celebration of the work of Charles Dickens. \* Peep into the secret diary of Pip from Great Expectations. \* Spook yourself senseless reading the fright reports of the ghosts from A Christmas Carol. \* Join investigative reporter, Pete Prior, on his manhunt for the kidnapper of a young orphan called Oliver Twist. Top stories alongside top facts about the about the great man who wrote them and the troubling times in which they were written. Stories included: David Copperfield Nicholas Nickleby A Tale of Two Cities Oliver Twist Great Expectations The Old Curiosity Shop Hard Times Dombey & Son The Pickwick Papers A Christmas Carol
There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Scholastic .
Valerie Wilding has been writing for 20 years and has written many books for all age ranges. She is the author of the Secret Diaries series, publishing April 2006. This is her first Banana. She lives in Alton, Hampshire. Maria Maddocks has illustrated two board books about vehicles for Ladybird previously. This is her first Banana.
This book contains the following story:
Oliver Twist
Orphaned Oliver spends nine years in an orphanage before being sent to a workhouse where he is bullied. Desperate to be rid of him the workhouse seek an apprenticeship and Oliver is sent to an undertakers. He falls out with his employers and runs away to London where he joins Fagin's gang of criminals, is caught and accused of pick pocketing but then rescued by kind Mr Brownlow. Unfortunately for Oliver, Fagin won't have that and recaptures him. Whilst on another job Oliver is saved a second time by Mrs Maylie. Fagin - in league with Oliver's (unknown) half brother - seeks to capture him again so his true identity cannot be revealed. But eventually he is outwitted, Oliver is reunited with Mr Brownlow and discovers his true inheritance.
