Bitter Chocolate

ISBN-13: 9780747595021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 192 str.

Sally Grindley

Opis

A novel about friendship and survival, set in the cocoa plantations of West AfricaPascal's life is like any other local boy's, until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes. On the run with friends, Pascal finds himself in some tough situations. But it is not until he ends up working in a cocoa plantation that he realizes he must try to find his family and free himself from enslavement.

Recenzje

'Grindley's story is suitable for children in upper Key Stage 2 and works well as a class reader, providing many opportunities for discussion about the plight of children in war-torn countries' NATE Classroom

O autorze

Sally Grindley lives in Cheltenham. She has been involved with children's books nearly all her working life, first as editor of the children's book club Books for Children, and for almost as long as a children's author. Sally's novel Spilled Water won a Smarties Gold Medal, as well as regional awards, such as the Lincolnshire Young People's Award.