The Snake-stone

ISBN-13: 9780006740223 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 176 str.

Berlie Doherty

Opis

Although he is close to his adoptive parents, James has always wondered about his natural mother and why she gave him away. The only clues to her identity are a small stone and a note scribbled on the back of an envelope. With these, James sets off to find his past.

Recenzje

'This story could not be bettered and can only be put down with a struggle before its unforgettable climax'
Independent

O autorze

Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.

Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a Buffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.