| Description |
213 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Summary |
On his thirteenth birthday, Jacob learns a secret about his birth and becomes involved in his father's work to protect other beings from the planet Ormingat who live on Earth. |
| Contents |
Naming -- Jacob's Birthday -- Into the Night -- Revelations -- Saturday Morning -- Saturday Afternoon -- Working with Dad -- I've Never Heard of Him -- Looking After Vateelin -- Christmas Eve -- Feast of Stephen -- Inside Vateelin's Spaceship -- Go to the Spaceship -- A Monumental Mistake -- Jacob in York -- Jacob's Decision -- What Next? -- Next Day -- Spies -- Watchers in the Night -- Orders -- Eavesdropping -- York Station -- Homecoming -- See to It! -- Stella's Unwelcome Visitor -- February Fair Maids -- Invitation -- Traveling North -- In York -- In the Kitchen -- Things to Tell -- Belthorp -- A Restless Night -- Matthew Decides -- Seeing Stella -- At Home -- Highgate Cemetery on Saturday Afternoon -- Like a Great Voice Calling -- Who Goes Home? -- Accidental Traveler -- So Much to Tell -- Cube. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
Life on other planets -- Juvenile fiction.
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Life on other planets. |
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Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fathers and sons. |
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England -- Juvenile fiction.
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0385729650 |
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9780385729659 |
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0385901607 (library binding) |
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9780385901604 (library binding) |
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