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Finding Violet Park Jenny Valentine

Finding Violet Park By Jenny Valentine

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine


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Summary

Narrated by the most compelling voice since Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, this is a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes.

Finding Violet Park Summary

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine

Narrated by the most compelling voice since Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, this is a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes.

The 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...

Finding Violet Park Reviews

Praise for Jenny Valentine:

'Valentine has the essential storyteller's gift of making you want to read on - and to know more even after the book is finished.' Guardian

'The award-winning Valentine has a keen eye for the idiosyncrasies of young children, and the rhythms of family life.' The Bookseller

'[Valentine] has a wonderful ability to take readers right into the hearts and souls of her central characters, and reading her is always a truly vicarious experience.' The Bookbag

Praise for Finding Violet Park:

Finding Violet Park is a wonderful debut. Guardian

Ultra-original and brilliantly written, this will have you laughing and crying, too. Mizz

Clever and totally assured, it is hard to believe that this is a first novel from a new author... [an] ingenious novel from a writer who already has much to offer. ***** Nicholas Tucker, Books for Keeps

Memorable and well-paced, this is a book to help young people grow in spite of adversity. Carousel

This is terrific stuff and quite unlike anything else I've come across.... a powerful and compelling story. Inis

First-time author Jenny Valentine has an original and exciting voice. Writing Magazine

About Jenny Valentine

Jenny Valentine is an award-winning writer for Young Adults. Her first novel, Finding Violet Park, won the Guardian prize in 2007 and since then she has written six more, including Broken Soup and Fire Colour One, as well as Iggy and Me, a series for younger children. Her work has been published in nineteen countries and Hello Now, her latest YA novel, will be published in the UK and US in March 2020. In 2017 she was the Hay Festival International Fellow, spending the year meeting and learning from teenagers all over the world. She works to empower and give a voice to young people. She lives all over the place and has two daughters.

Additional information

GOR001135759
9780007214457
0007214456
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
20070103
208
Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007 Short-listed for Branford Boase Award 2008 Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2008
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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