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Solo

Published
Dec 2011
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General Fiction General Fiction
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32

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Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and winner of the Children's Book Award, this stunning picture book tells the gripping and poignant story of a young penguin's survival in the AntarcticSolo the penguin chick is left cold and alone on the hazardous wastes of the Antarctic, when her mother leaves on a final desperate search for food. With savage skua birds on the wing and leopard seals lurking in the icy waters, Solo's chances of survival are cruelly slim?will she make it alive? Information about wildlife combines with icy, gorgeous art to tell Solo's compelling tale.

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First Edition Dec 2011 Andersen Press ISBN 1849392447
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Sep 1998 Red Fox (UK) ISBN 0099488418
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Nov 2002 Red Fox (UK) ISBN 009944769X
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Oct 1995 Random House (UK) ISBN 0091767334
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Jan 1996 Knopf ISBN 0517709082
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Jan 1996 Knopf ISBN 0517709090
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