By the skin of his teeth, a Barkerville mystery, Ann Walsh
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By the skin of his teeth, a Barkerville mystery, Ann Walsh
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
By the skin of his teeth
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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Ann Walsh
Sub title
a Barkerville mystery
Summary
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
Target audience
juvenile
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