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The Pothunters

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Author(s):P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):R. Noel Pocock
Publisher(s): A & C Black
Year Published: 1902
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boarding School
Boys Growing Up
British
Fiction - Novel
School - high school
Sports - Miscellaneous
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 272
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 2124818

Description

The sports trophies are missing from the pavilion and Jim Thomson is under suspicion since he did hurl a rock through the window preparatory to his own burglary, which was aimed soley at recovering his notes for an examination scheduled for the next morning. Read online at archive.org.

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Other Editions

The Pothunters (1972)

The sports trophies are missing from the pavilion and Jim Thomson is under suspicion since he did hurl a rock through the window preparatory to his own burglary, which was aimed soley at recovering his notes for an examination scheduled for the next morning.

Publisher: Souvenir Press, Ltd.
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The Pothunters (2009)

The sports trophies are missing from the pavilion and Jim Thomson is under suspicion since he did hurl a rock through the window preparatory to his own burglary, which was aimed soley at recovering his notes for an examination scheduled for the next morning.

The cover image above is from the 1986 edition.

Publisher: The Overlook Press
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