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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Author: Mark Haddon
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2003.
Series: 2018 Great American Read.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic, fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
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Genre/Form: Young adult fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Juvenile works
Young adult works
Mystery fiction
skönlitteratur
Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Haddon, Mark.
Curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
New York : Doubleday, 2003
(OCoLC)607695396
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Haddon
ISBN: 0385509456 9780385509459 1400077834 9781400077830 0385512104 9780385512107 9780965750899 0965750892 1400032717 9781400032716
OCLC Number: 50604879
Awards: Whitbread Award, 2003.
Target Audience: 1180
Description: 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series Title: 2018 Great American Read.
Responsibility: Mark Haddon.
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic, fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

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