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Item Details
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FINDING VIOLET PARK
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| By: |
Jenny Valentine |
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Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007229631 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007229635 |
| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
5 February, 2007 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Quirky voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes |
| Synopsis: |
Quirky voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashesThe 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 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
HarperCollins |
| 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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