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Thunder and Lightnings is a realistic children's novel by Jan Mark, published in 1976 by Kestrel Books of Harmondsworth, London, with illustrations by Jim Russell. Set in Norfolk, it features a developing friendship between two boys who share an Read More..

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Description	Thunder and Lightnings is a realistic children's novel by Jan Mark, published in 1976 by Kestrel Books of Harmondsworth, London, with illustrations by Jim Russell. Set in Norfolk, it features a developing friendship between two boys who share an interest in aeroplanes, living near RAF Coltishall during the months in 1974 when the Royal Air Force is phasing out its Lightning fighters and introducing the Jaguar.Mark won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She also won a prize for children's novels by new writers, sponsored by The Guardian newspaper.Atheneum Books published the first U.S. edition in 1979, retaining the Russell illustrations.
Description	Thunder and Lightnings is a realistic children's novel by Jan Mark, published in 1976 by Kestrel Books of Harmondsworth, London, with illustrations by Jim Russell. Set in Norfolk, it features a developing friendship between two boys who share an interest in aeroplanes, living near RAF Coltishall during the months in 1974 when the Royal Air Force is phasing out its Lightning fighters and introducing the Jaguar.Mark won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She also won a prize for children's novels by new writers, sponsored by The Guardian newspaper.Atheneum Books published the first U.S. edition in 1979, retaining the Russell illustrations.

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Name	Thunder and Lightnings
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Authors	Jan Mark
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Genre	Children's realist novel
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	174 pp (first edition)
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Media_type	Print
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Isbn	0-7226-5195-3
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Oclc	16292884
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Publisher	Kestrel Books
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