Enemy gate von werry philippa (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A deadly disease is sweeping the world and nobody knows how to stop it. Movie theatres and swimming pools are shut and schools are closed. People are discouraged from gathering in large groups at the beach. Twelve-year-old Tom Mitchell can't even see his best friend Charlie. He wonders when the lockdown is ever going to end. And then things get worse. It might all sound familiar. But this is New Zealand in 1937-38. The disease is infantile paralysis, or polio, and nobody knows where it will strike next. When even the adults are afraid, Tom finds refuge in his dream - to run in the Olympics like his hero, Olympic champion Jack Lovelock.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 288 pages. Cover slightly worn, Corners bumped Being in quarantine sounds like being in prison, I said, shivering. Lily no dded. A bit like that. Except that the prison is your own home.Or like be ing in a besieged castle, I said, thinking aloud. With an invisible enemy at t he gates.In 1936 a deadly disease holds New Zealand in terror. Known as infantile paralysis, or polio, the disease appears to strike at random. Schools close. Going to the pictures is out of the question. Seeing your friends is dang erous.Caught up in the confusion and fear, twelve-year-old Tom finds refu ge in his dream: to run in the Olympics like the famous Jack Lovelock.…