The Daydreamer

Ian McEwan

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Published by Red Fox, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK

Illustrated by Anthony Browne

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9780099470717
Published: 3 Feb 2005

About the book

Synopsis

Peter Fortune is a daydreamer. He's a quiet ten year old who can't help himself from dropping out of reality and into the amazing world of his vivid imagination. His daydreams are fantastic and fascinating - only in the bizarre and disturbing world of dreams can he swop bodies with the family cat and his baby cousin, Kenneth, or wipe out his entire family with vanishing cream.

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What the critics say

A brilliant book - wonderful
- TES

A classic
- Financial Times

Exhilarating - briliant
- Independent

Clear and vivid prose . . . Read these aloud to your children and be unsettled by them
- Evening Standard

This is a book that could be read at several levels. The dreams can be taken at face-value, but they also reveal themes that more astute readers might recognise . . . A good read
- Writeaway!

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About the Author

Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as a selection of books for children. His first published work, a collection of short stories, 'First Love, Last Rites', won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, The Cement Garden, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize and his most recent novel, Atonement. He lives in Oxford.