Round Behind the Ice-House [Import] [Paperback]

Anne Fine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2006

Cass has always been there for Tom, her twin - racing off to laugh with him in the old, abandoned ice house or planning how to foil Jamieson, the farm's creepy pest-killer. But now Cass is a teenager, she is changing - she wants her privacy and feels suffocated by their life on the farm. Bewildered, Tom struggles to regain their former closeness, but only succeeds in alienating both Cass and Jamieson's daughter Lisa, until the night of the storm.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Anne Fine has been an acknowledged top author in the children's book world since her first book was published in the mid l970s, and has now written more than forty books and won virtually every major award going, including the Carnegie Medal (more than once), the Whitbread Children's Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize and others. The Children's Laureate from 2001-2003, Anne is also very funny and young readers love her lack of hypocrisy about the family and her honesty about how people can behave.She lives in the North-East. 'One of the sharpest and most humorous observers of the human condition writing today for the young' School Librarian 'She is translated into 26 languages and has regularly won every major children's literary award in the land, including the Carnegie Medal twice and the Whitbread Children's Novel award twice ... There are few more influential, or more unfailingly intelligent, authors at work' Scotsman 'A subversively wicked gift for exploring family tensions' Independent

From AudioFile

Although Francis's British accent gives the story of twins Tom and Cass and the egg book they keep in the icehouse (to record their faults) some appeal, Francis can't make this muddled story shape up. Tom is resentful because Cass is growing away from him, and both siblings carry a grudge against a man who works for their parents killing moles, mice and other unwanted wildlife on their parents' farm. But the story never seems to get to the point--or even know what that point is. M.C. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: Corgi (July 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552552682
• ISBN-13: 978-0552552684
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,290,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars abb fab. very moving, October 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Round Behind the Ice-House (Audio Cassette)

i though this book was abaltly brill. it is about th ralashoin ship between two twins and there freind. it is very moving and i couldnt put it down i would say that is one of annes best writes. i loved it espesilly as i have always wondered what it would be like to be a twin. it is a lovly book and is not really roud like the tital might suggest . the ice house was the twins secret place. i recomend you read. im 13 and i loved it( if you hadent gussed!!!!!!)