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| Author | Jan Mark |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | David Parkins |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's realist novel |
| Publisher | Kestrel Books |
Publication date | 26 October 1983 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover; paperback) |
| Pages | 156 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0722658575 |
| OCLC | 11358458 |
| LC Class | PZ7.M33924 Han 1985 [1] |
Handles is a realistic children's novel by Jan Mark, first published in 1983 by Kestrel Books of Harmondsworth, London, with illustrations by David Parkins. Set in the Norfolk countryside, it features a city girl on holiday, who loves motorcycles. Nicholas Tucker calls it "a happy, optimistic work"; Erica escapes "mean-minded relatives" for the "anarchic motorbike-repair outfit in a nearby town".[2]
Mark and Handles won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[3] Thus she became the third writer with two such honors (of seven through 2012), having won the 1976 Medal for her debut novel Thunder and Lightnings.[4] Also set in the Norfolk countryside, it features two boys who love aeroplanes.
Atheneum Books published the first U.S. edition in 1985, retaining the Parkins illustrations.[1]
- ^ a b "Handles" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
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