The Snake-stone by Berlie Doherty

The Snake-stone by Berlie Doherty

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James is adopted. He knows that to work out his future he has to make sense of his past. He embarks on a journey to find his birth-mother who tells her own story in this moving and powerful novel.

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The Snake-stone by Berlie Doherty

James is adopted. He knows that to work out his future he has to make sense of his past. He embarks on a journey to find his birth-mother who tells her own story in this moving and powerful novel.

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

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 twenty 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.

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ISBN 13 9780006740223
ISBN 10 0006740227
Title The Snake-stone
Author Berlie Doherty
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1997-01-06
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.