Flower King by Howarth Lesley

Flower King by Howarth Lesley

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The narrator sees and feels colours, the best of all being the feelgood green - the colour he gets from the portrait of the former local landowner dubbed "The Flower King". This novel was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

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Flower King by Howarth Lesley

The narrator of this story doesn't just see colours, he feels them. At home or slogging away in his parents' garage and store, the colour is mainly panic-button red. But for a short time on Saturdays, visiting old Mrs Pinder - Pinny - a hopeful daffodil yellow floods in. Best of all, though, is feelgood green - the colour he gets from the portrait of former local landowner, William Bowhays Johns. Over the following weeks, the tragic story of this man, dubbed "The Flower King", comes to have an increasingly dramatic and moving influence on the life of the boy and those around him. "The Flower King" is Lesley Howarth's first novel, and was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. She is also the author of "Maphead" and "Weather-eye".
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ISBN 13 9780744531909
ISBN 10 074453190X
Title Flower King
Author Howarth Lesley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Year published 1995-05-25
Number of pages 218
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.