By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery
In By the Skin of His Teeth, 17-year-old Ted MacIntosh, whom author Ann Walsh showcased earlier in Moses, Me and Murder and The Doctor's Apprentice, befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.

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By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery
In By the Skin of His Teeth, 17-year-old Ted MacIntosh, whom author Ann Walsh showcased earlier in Moses, Me and Murder and The Doctor's Apprentice, befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.

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By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery

By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery

by Ann Walsh
By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery

By the Skin of His Teeth: A Barkerville Mystery

by Ann Walsh

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Overview

In By the Skin of His Teeth, 17-year-old Ted MacIntosh, whom author Ann Walsh showcased earlier in Moses, Me and Murder and The Doctor's Apprentice, befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781550026344
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 09/01/2006
Series: A Barkerville Mystery , #3
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ann Walsh's books received the Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Award. She lives in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

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