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Patrick Skene Catling

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Born January 1, 1925 (101 years old)
Also known as: PATRICK SKENE CATLING, Patrick Skene-Catling
13 books
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250 readers

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Patrick Skene Catling was a british writer born and schooled in London mostly know for writing the children's book "The Chocolate Touch" in 1952. He was educated at Oberlin Collage in Oberlin, Ohio USA. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator and as a journalist at The Baltimore Sun and the Manchester Guardian. He currently lives in the Republic of Ireland.

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John Midas in the dreamtime

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While visiting the site of sacred cave paintings in the middle of the Australian outback, John Midas slips back thousands of years and finds himself among a prehistoric aboriginal tribe.

The surrogate

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212 p. ; 21 cm

Chocolate Touch

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A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.