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Title:
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FINDING VIOLET PARK
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By: |
Jenny Valentine |
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Paperback |
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£5.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0007229623 |
ISBN 13: |
9780007229628 |
Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
Pub. date: |
3 September, 2007 |
Pages: |
208 |
Description: |
Narrated by the most compelling voice since Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, this is a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes. |
Synopsis: |
Narrated by the most compelling voice since Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, this is a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes. The mini cab office was up a cobbled mews with little flat houses either side. That's where I first met Violet Park, what was left of her. There was a healing centre next door, a pretty smart name for a place with a battered brown door and no proper door handle and stuck-on wooden numbers in the shape of clowns. The 3 of number 13 was a w stuck on sideways and I thought it was kind of sad and I liked it at the same time. Sixteen-year-old Lucas Swain becomes intrigued by the urn of ashes left in a cab office. Convinced that its occupant -- Violet Park -- is communicating with him, he contrives to gain possession of the urn, little realising that his quest will take him on a voyage of self-discovery and identity, forcing him to finally confront what happened to his absent (and possibly dead) father! |
Reader Age: |
From 11 to 16 years |
Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 3 |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
HarperCollins Children's Books |
Prizes: |
Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007
Short-listed for Branford Boase Award 2008
Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2008 |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 5.7
Interest Level : Upper Yrs
Points : 6
Quiz number : 213552
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