The Key to the Indian
by Lynne Reid Banks 2020-12-28 23:03:01
image1
He felt a draft of cold air. Instinctively he put his arms around his body. Then he looked down at himself and got a shock. He was naked...His first instinct was to hid. he scrambled over the earth floor of the longhouse and ducked under the curtain.... Read more
He felt a draft of cold air. Instinctively he put his arms around his body. Then he looked down at himself and got a shock. He was naked...His first instinct was to hid. he scrambled over the earth floor of the longhouse and ducked under the curtain. Beyond was deeper darkness, but he could make out a sort of room with a raised section against the wall. On this was a mountain range covered with fur, in the shape of a sleeping giant.

Omri stared all around, feeling the beginnings of panic. "Dad!" he whispered as loudly as he dared...

There was no answer. Omri felt intensely vulnerable with no clothes on. Cold air embraced his skin from head to foot. He felt a sudden longing to go home. He hadn''t reckoned on this--being separated from his dad, it being so dark and cold, so strange, so lonely.

Less

  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 0 X 0 X 0 in
  • 288
  • HarperCollins
  • August 10, 2004
  • English
  • 9780380803736
Lynne Reid Banks was born in London in 1929 and was evacuated to the Canadian prairies during the war. On her return to England she studied at RADA and was an actress in the early 1950s; later she bec...
Compare Prices
image
Paperback
Available Discount
No Discount available
Related Books