A Pattern of Secrets - Softcover

Littleson, Lindsay

 
9781911279266: A Pattern of Secrets

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The worlds of rich and poor collide in this gripping Victorian adventure as Jim and Jessie unravel the past and its pattern of secrets… Paisley 1876. 12-year-old Jim has escaped from the Poorhouse and now he must save his little brother from the same fate. His only hope lies in a mysterious family heirloom—a Paisley patterned shawl that has five guineas sewn into its hem—the price of freedom. Jim must find the shawl and break into the big house to steal it back. But the girl with the dark hair is always watching... ‘A tapestry of kinship, loss and compassion with poignant resonances for today.’ Robert J. Harris

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Lindsay Littleson has four grown-up (ish) children and lives near Glasgow. A full-time primary teacher, she began writing for children in 2014 and won the Kelpies Prize for her first children’s novel 'The Mixed Up Summer of Lily McLean'. The sequel, 'The Awkward Autumn of Lily McLean', is also published by Floris Books. In 2015 her WW1 novel 'Shell Hole' was shortlisted for the Dundee Great War Children’s Book Prize and she enjoyed engaging in research so much that she was inspired to write another historical novel, 'A Pattern of Secrets', this time focusing on her local area. www.lindsaylittleson.co.uk @ljlittleson

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