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The Cinnamon Tree
Aubrey Flegg
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Description for The Cinnamon Tree
paperback. Yola's leg is blown off by a landmine and her life in Africa is changed forever. She travels to Ireland for an artificial limb, and her adventures continue. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Yola's leg is blown off by a landmine and her life in Africa is changed forever. When Yola travels to Ireland to be fitted with an artificial leg and meets seventeen-year-old Fintan, she little realises that they will soon be involved in an international arms intrigue, and an adventure that will bring them both close to death.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780862786571
SKU
9780862786571
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Aubrey Flegg
Aubrey Flegg was born in Dublin. His early childhood was spent in County Sligo, Ireland. He went to school in Dublin and later in England. After a spell with a mountain rescue team in Scotland, he returned to Ireland to study geology at Trinity College. He then did geological research in Kenya, before joining the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1968. Aubrey recently took early retirement in order to concentrate on writing. His first book, Katie's War, is about the civil war period in Ireland; it was published in 1997. Katie's War has recently won the Peter Pan Award 2000 -- an award created by IBBY Sweden for a children's book, translated into Swedish, which gives information on another culture. Wings Over Delft, the first book in the Louise trilogy, won the Bisto Book of the Year overall award in 2004.
Reviews for The Cinnamon Tree
'Yola's adventures in Africa and Ireland read like a thriller - there's just so much going on in this beautifully written story.'
RTE Guide
RTE Guide
'Aubrey Flegg, who recently won the Peter Pan Prize 2000 for his first book, Katie's War, has again come up with a very likeable heroine in The Cinnamon Tree.'
Margrit Cruickshank - The Irish Times
The Irish Times
'A thought-provoking book which addresses the issue of illegal arms trading with the West, and also demonstrates how adversity can lead to empowerment.'
Book Fest 2000 'This powerful story, set largely in a fictional Africal state resembling Angola, takes a strong anti-war stance. From a dramatic opening chapter in which 14-year-old Yola loses her leg in a landmine explosion, through to the tense final pages ... It tackles difficult and complex issues with unflinching rigour. Characters and readers alike are forced to examine the attitude of supposedly peaceful nations and individuals to the arms trade, ineluctably drawn to the conclusion that it is not enough for good men to do nothing.'
Kate Agnew - The Guardian
The Guardian
RTE Guide
RTE Guide
'Aubrey Flegg, who recently won the Peter Pan Prize 2000 for his first book, Katie's War, has again come up with a very likeable heroine in The Cinnamon Tree.'
Margrit Cruickshank - The Irish Times
The Irish Times
'A thought-provoking book which addresses the issue of illegal arms trading with the West, and also demonstrates how adversity can lead to empowerment.'
Book Fest 2000 'This powerful story, set largely in a fictional Africal state resembling Angola, takes a strong anti-war stance. From a dramatic opening chapter in which 14-year-old Yola loses her leg in a landmine explosion, through to the tense final pages ... It tackles difficult and complex issues with unflinching rigour. Characters and readers alike are forced to examine the attitude of supposedly peaceful nations and individuals to the arms trade, ineluctably drawn to the conclusion that it is not enough for good men to do nothing.'
Kate Agnew - The Guardian
The Guardian