Everything Under Carnegie Medal Nominee (2010) Buttered Popcorn

Buttered Popcorn

Publication Date: 03 Sep 2002

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt uses Egypt's vivid narratives to create a panorama of its history

the town of Pagford is left in shock

Everything Under Carnegie Medal Nominee (2010) Buttered PopcornAn eerie, watery reimagining of the Oedipus myth set on the canals of Oxford, from the author of FenThe dictionary doesn't contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a private language of their own invention. Her mother disappeared when Gretel was a teen, abandoning her to foster care, and Gretel has tried to move on,