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Superbird
Brian Tomlinson

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Brian Tomlinson
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSIT Y PRESS

Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, So Paulo

Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK
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Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521656085
Cambridge University Press 1999
This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception
and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,
no reproduction of any part may take place without the written
permission of Cambridge University Press.
First published 1999
12th printing 2006
Printed in Italy by Legoprint S.p.A.
ISBN-13 978-0-521-65608-5 paperback
ISBN-10 0-521-65608-7 paperback
ISBN-13 978-0-521-79497-8 paperback plus audio CD pack
ISBN-10 0-521-79497-8 paperback plus audio CD pack
Illustrations by Alastair Taylor

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Contents

Part 1
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter

1
2
3
4
5

Part 2
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter

Superbird crashes in the desert

Escape from Superbird
The house
The drawing of Superbird
The journey back home

5
9
13
17
20

One year later

6
7
8
9

The return
June's daughter
Captain Lake
The Superbirds leave again

27
34
39
46

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People in the story

Radio Announcer: announcer for Radio News Today

programme
Mary Mount: astronaut on Superbird
Sam Bridges: astronaut on Superbird
June: Mary's friend
Sheila: June's daughter
Captain Lake: Captain of Superbird 2
Major Jones: Captain of Big Bird

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