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Twelve-year-old Eva's chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canalboat.
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3 editions- Other · English · 1989Puffin · 155 pages · 9780140321296
- Other · English · 1989Delacorte Press · 155 pages · 9780440501268
- Other · English · 1987Viking Kestrel · 155 pages · 9780670811656
Juvenile fictionFictionDeafPeople with disabilitiesCanalsFamilyBrain damageBrain-damaged children