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Buy this book on-line BRESLIN, THERESA: : Saskia's Journey. [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,2004. ISBN 0385604823.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten bold,black ink, dedication+signature to title page: 'To CJ - Theresa Breslin.' and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour (orange+black) photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unmarked,publisher's original,plain dark brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1- 225pp [paginated] includes 33 chapters,b/w line illustrated chapter head-pieces (lighthouse); plus [unpaginated] half- title page,SIGNED title page,a dedication, b/w map frntis,and to rear,author's note+2pp blanks.
Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great- aunt Alessandra,who lives on the Scottish coast.It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks,the boring career her parents have mapped out for her.
Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community,Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots.Somehow,she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben.
Just as the sea gives up its bounty,so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost,and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated.
Only then can Saskia break free. . . . Lyrical,mesmerizing and absorbing, 'Saskia's Journey' is also a tale of self- discovery - a journey from childhood to self-determination that will strike a chord with all young people.
Author's first book,'Simon's Challenge', won the Young Book Trust's Fidler Award for new writers and,since then,her books have appeared regularly on many children's book award shortlists.She received the Carnegie Medal for 'Whispers in the Graveyard',and in 2000 'The Dream Master' was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award.Author's 5th book for this publisher.
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