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Description for Holly Starcross
Paperback. Holly's world came apart when she was six, when her mother took her, and ran away from her father. From that day on she has had no contact with him. But eight years later, with a new family around her, she feels very alone and longs for that half-remembered life. She is starting to question who she really is, and then a stranger appears. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Holly's world came apart when she was six, when her mother took her, and ran away from her father and his farm. From that day on she has had no contact with him, and can barely remember him. But eight years later, with a new family around her, she feels very alone and longs for that half-remembered life. She is starting to question who she really is, and then a stranger appears... This is an absorbing and moving book about identity, fatherhood and family.
Holly's world came apart when she was six, when her mother took her, and ran away from her father and his farm. From that day on she has had no contact with him, and can barely remember him. But eight years later, with a new family around her, she feels very alone and longs for that half-remembered life. She is starting to question who she really is, and then a stranger appears... This is an absorbing and moving book about identity, fatherhood and family.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842709306
SKU
KSG0018097
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Berlie Doherty
Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool and writes for adults and children. Her first book, HOW GREEN YOU ARE! was published in 1982 and she has been a full-time, compulsive writer of novels, stories, poems and plays since then. She has written over forty books. In 2002 Berlie Doherty was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Derby for ... Read more
Reviews for Holly Starcross
"Holly Starcross is a beautiful, moving story with characters to believe in and a sense of the uniqueness of every human life."
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"This novel is beautifully written in a gentle yet compelling style and will have the reader asking all sorts of questions about what is important in life."
Jackie Marchant
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"This novel is beautifully written in a gentle yet compelling style and will have the reader asking all sorts of questions about what is important in life."
Jackie Marchant
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