A hundred million francs
Berna, Paul2016
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A bunch of scruffy urchin kids in the backstreets of Paris outwit thieves to uncover the whereabouts of millions of francs stolen from the Paris-Ventimiglia express. Gaby is the leader, but it is super-cool Marion with her collection of stray dogs who is the heart of the gang. It all begins when a local villain offers the children a fortune for their 'horse' - a headless rocking horse, given old tricycle wheels that they 'ride' down the steep cobbled street, but they don't want to part with it. Then, a few days later, the horse is stolen, and so begins an adventure that is full of twists and turns, leading to a satisfying conclusion when the villains receive their comeuppance.
Main title:
A hundred million francs / Paul Berna ; illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Author:
Berna, Paul, authorKennedy, Richard, 1910-1989, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Puffin Books, 2016.
Collation:
234 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.This translation originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 1957.
Audience:
9-11.Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780141368719 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2478260
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