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Horrible Geography: Freaky Peaks

AuthorAnita Ganeri

NarratorLiz Staples

Duration1h 42m

CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Geography

Key StageKS3

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and despicable data? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you scale the heady heights of 'Freaky Peaks'... Gasp! at the jellyfish stranded at the top of a mountain. Scream! when you bump into the legendary yeti and run for your life as an avalanche hurtles towards you!

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