Tulku (novel)
1979 children's historical novel by Peter Dickinson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tulku is a children's historical novel by Peter Dickinson, published by Gollancz in 1979. Set in China and Tibet at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, it features a young teenage boy orphaned by the violence, who flees with others to a Buddhist monastery. Dickinson and Tulku won two major awards for British children's books, the Whitbread Children's Book Award[2] and the Carnegie Medal.[3] The Carnegie Medal from the Library Association then recognised the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject.
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Author | Peter Dickinson |
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Cover artist | Tudor Humphries |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's historical novel, adventure novel |
Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd (UK) E. P. Dutton (US) |
Publication date | 22 February 1979 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 286 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-575-02503-4 |
OCLC | 731246577 |
LC Class | PZ7.D562 Tu 1979[1] |
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Dutton published a U.S. edition within the calendar year under its Unicorn imprint.[1][4]