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Saskia's Journey

Breslin, Theresa
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780552548656
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Corgi Childrens
Vekt
171 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Breslin, Theresa

Biographical note

THERESA BRESLIN is the Carnegie Medal winning author of over thirty books for children & young adults whose work has appeared on stage, radio and TV. Her books are hugely popular with young people, librarians and teachers. Remembrance, her top selling YA novel of youth in WW1, has now been reissued to include Book Notes. The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award. Divided City was shortlisted for ten book awards, winning two outright.

Saskia's Journey

Breslin, Theresa
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
Breslin, Theresa
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
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Themes of loss and forgiveness are at the heart of this haunting tale of self-discovery by an author at the height of her powers . . . Breslin's mesmerising descriptions of the sea and the people who depend upon it captures all the atmospheric beauty of north-west Scotland. A truly memorable story

The Bookseller

A sensitive, finely structured novel which unfolds as delicately as a "creamy purl of foam at the water's edge"

Books for Keeps

Packs an emotional punch whilst highlighting the contemporary concerns of fishing communities under threat of economic extinction

Guardian

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Saskia's Journey is a sensitive, finely structured, balanced narrative

Writeaway!

Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great-aunt Alessandra, who lives on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks, the boring career her parents have mapped out for her.Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community, Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots. Somehow, she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben.Just as the sea gives up its bounty, so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost, and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated.Only then can Saskia break free . . .
Les mer
Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her mysterious great-aunt Alessandra up on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea, but Saskia also slowly realizes how little she really knows about her roots.
Les mer
A gripping novel from the author of Remembrance.

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Themes of loss and forgiveness are at the heart of this haunting tale of self-discovery by an author at the height of her powers . . . Breslin's mesmerising descriptions of the sea and the people who depend upon it captures all the atmospheric beauty of north-west Scotland. A truly memorable story

The Bookseller

A sensitive, finely structured novel which unfolds as delicately as a "creamy purl of foam at the water's edge"

Books for Keeps

Packs an emotional punch whilst highlighting the contemporary concerns of fishing communities under threat of economic extinction

Guardian

Se alle

Saskia's Journey is a sensitive, finely structured, balanced narrative

Writeaway!

Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great-aunt Alessandra, who lives on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks, the boring career her parents have mapped out for her.Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community, Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots. Somehow, she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben.Just as the sea gives up its bounty, so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost, and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated.Only then can Saskia break free . . .
Les mer
Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her mysterious great-aunt Alessandra up on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea, but Saskia also slowly realizes how little she really knows about her roots.
Les mer
A gripping novel from the author of Remembrance.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780552548656
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Corgi Childrens
Vekt
171 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Breslin, Theresa

Biographical note

THERESA BRESLIN is the Carnegie Medal winning author of over thirty books for children & young adults whose work has appeared on stage, radio and TV. Her books are hugely popular with young people, librarians and teachers. Remembrance, her top selling YA novel of youth in WW1, has now been reissued to include Book Notes. The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award. Divided City was shortlisted for ten book awards, winning two outright.

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