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Torch by Jill Paton Walsh

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Author Biography

Name: Jill Paton Walsh
Birth Date: April 29, 1937
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupations: Writer

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Biography of Gillian Paton Walsh
7686 words, approx. 25.6 pages
Jill Paton Walsh explores basic human concerns--love, death, and maturation--in novels that appeal to readers of all ages. In addition to the historical novels for which she is best known, she has written two realistic contemporary novels, two futuristic...
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Biography of Jill Paton Walsh
4961 words, approx. 16.5 pages
Author of over thirty books for young readers and a dozen titles for adults, Jill Paton Walsh is noted for her works which deal realistically with life, death, and maturation. While her novels vary widely in terms of genre and style, Judith Atkinson of T...


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Torch Proverbs : World Proverbs
12 words, approx. 1 pages
The more light a torch gives, the shorter it lasts....
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Torch Information
582 words, approx. 2 pages
Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by brackets...


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The Washington Post
Pass the Torch
12/21/2001: 343 words, approx. 1 pages
Today at approximately 10:05 a.m., Analicia Carpio, 13, will stand in the middle of Wilson Boulevard in Arlington and wait for her turn to carry the Olympic flame a little closer to Utah. Analicia is one of 11,500 people chosen to carry the...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Carrying a torch
01/06/2002: 844 words, approx. 3 pages
Carrying a torch Local residents overcome hurdles for their Olympic moment By MARY JO DIEM Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, January 6, 2002 Two-tenths of a mile isn't far. Two, three blocks tops. An average person could run...
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AP News
Torch relay proposals to be evaluated
4/16/2007: 445 words, approx. 2 pages
Proposals to take the torch relay through Taiwan and Tibet for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be evaluated this month by the IOC, a run that would take the race through politically charged territory.Beijing organizers will present the proposed route to the International Olympic Committee...
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AP News
Mia Farrow leads Darfur torch relay
8/15/2007: 304 words, approx. 1 pages
Mia Farrow joined genocide survivors in a torch-lighting ceremony Wednesday at a Rwandan school where thousands died in a 100-day frenzy of killings in 1994.The 62-year-old actress, whose screen credits include "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Purple Rose of Cairo," is leading an Olympic-style torch relay...
 


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Torch by Jill Paton Walsh

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