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The ''Black Queen'' is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door neighbour. She always wears a black cloak and a wide-brimmed black hat. She lurks about her garden, alone except for her black cat. Scarily for Billy, the Black Queen befriends him and asks him to look after her cat while she''s away. Billy can''t resist the opportunity to peek inside her house. There are chessboards scattered everywhere. Who is the Black Queen and what sort of game is she playing? Billy thinks he knows...

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Black Queen

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Published 1 June 2000
      ISBN-13 9780552546454
      978-0552546454
      ISBN-10 0552546453
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      Children & Teen Children & Teen Fiction Books by Michael Morpurgo

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The ''Black Queen'' is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door neighbour. She always wears a black cloak and a wide-brimmed black hat. She lurks about her garden, alone except for her black cat. Scarily for Billy, the Black Queen befriends him and asks him to look after her cat while she''s away. Billy can''t resist the opportunity to peek inside her house. There are chessboards scattered everywhere. Who is the Black Queen and what sort of game is she playing? Billy thinks he knows...

      Trade Review
      One of today's greatest storytellers * Bookseller *
      Michael Morpurgo is a master of the first person narrative: when he embarks on a story he doesn't keep you waiting - he simply grips your hand and helps you on board * Telling Tale *
      Morpurgo writes like a dream * Literacy and Learning *

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