Summary
In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a death grip on her copy of The New Art of Cooking, and Dominic, armed with Incredible Adventures for Boys- Colonel Lawrence and the Revolt in the Desert, find a way of life unlike a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780887768880 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0887768881 |
| Author: | Trilby Kent |
| Publisher: | Tundra Books |
| Imprint: | Tundra Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2009 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 143mm x 18mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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“… What had every promise of being a lazy bucolic idyll turns into Dominic’s coming-of-age summer. Maybe it’s too much to expect this youngster to help turn the town’s tide against expelling the Gypsy community from its borders, but Dominic does manage to gradually find his voice and his courage in Kent’s highly original debut.”
— Starred Review, Booklist
About The Author
Trilby Kent
Trilby Kent was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in cities on both sides of the Atlantic. After completing degrees at Oxford University and The London School of Economics, she worked in the rare books department at a prominent auction house before turning to writing feature articles for publication in Europe and North America. She now lives in London, England. Medina Hill is Trilby Kent’s first novel.
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