The Exiles [Import] [Hardcover]

Hilary McKay (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (March 21, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0575049340
• ISBN-13: 978-0575049345
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really funny!, December 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Exiles (Paperback)

This hilarious book is great for cheering anyone up. Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe are the best characters in any book I have read. I have read The Exiles, The Exiles at Home and The Exiles in Love over and over again. I recommend this book to anyone who anyone with a sense of humour and fun, as it's one the most enjoyable boos I have ever read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, March 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Exiles (Hardcover)

This is probably one of my favourite books and I've read it over and over again. It was really, really funny - especially Rachel, who's my favourite character. The Exiles at Home was also excellent! I just hope that Hilary McKay writes lots more stories about the Conroy girls!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four wacky sisters exiled to an even wackier Grandma survive, September 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Exiles (Hardcover)

The four Conroy sisters are all bright, silly, oblivious, friendly, impatient, in other words, they're people. Like the people we really know, the girls are upset when their parents decided to pack them off to their fearsome Big Grandma after an unexpected financial windfall allows their parents to improve the home. It's not so much their eccentric grandma the girls object to, its the unfairness of their parenets in not sharing the money! Sent to the northern English coast they manage to survive their vacation without the emotional traumas required of most current childrens books. There is plenty of adventure with fire, water, falls, the locals and the continuing search for reading material. Big Grandma considers her granddaughters to be far too self-centered and only permits them to bring two books a piece to her home. The continuing battle of wills provides amusement and horror to those who won't consider going out-of-town without three novels and a magazine.