Under a Silver Moon - Hardcover

Anne Fine,Fine A

3.83

30 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1406319236 ISBN 13: 9781406319231

Publisher: Macmillan India Limited, 2010

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In a hot, faraway land, two baby boys are born under the same silver moon: Haroun, the son of the sultan, and Akil, the son of the gardener. As children they play together until one day Haroun has to learn princely ways. He is waited on hand and foot and all he can do for himself is eat, so every day he eats more and more and grows bigger and bigger. No doctors can offer a cure. But one day a hooded stranger tells Haroun that if he digs the garden he will find a key that will give him good health. After weeks of hard toil, Haroun doesn't find the key, but he does lose weight, and finds health and happiness once more.

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About the Author:

Anne Fine has won the Smarties Book Prize, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal (twice), and has twice been voted Children's Author of the Year. Her books include The Haunting of Pip Parker (9781406306156), How to Cross the Road and Not Turn Into a Pizza (9780744590340), Care of Henry (9781844281497) and Nag Club (9781844289400). She lives in County Durham.

Review:

A Sultan's friendship with a gardener helps him find health and happiness. * The Bookseller * A moral tale that has the direct simplicity of a Tolstoyan fable, but with a vital helping of humour as an additional element. A short, brilliant book - in fact, a true gem. * Carousel *

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