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INTRODUCED BY JACQUELINE WILSON

To Angela they were sparrows because they were cheeky, cocky, common as sparrows; to Olivia nothing was common . . .

Someone has been digging up the private garden in gracious Mortimer Square. Miss Angela Chesney of the Garden Committee is certain that a gang of local boys is to blame, but her sister Olivia isn't so sure. Watching the teeming city from her window, she wonders why the neighbourhood children - 'sparrows', she calls them - have to be locked out.

Lovejoy Mason - fierce, scrappy, unloved - knows how it feels to be an outsider. But a stolen packet of cornflower seeds sends her in search of some 'good garden earth' - and on a journey that will lead to a struggling restaurant, a bombed-out church, and, at the heart of it all, a hidden garden.

'A masterpiece' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Godden's rich understanding of human nature, her humour and her beautiful prose inevitably leave one aglow' CHICAGO TRIBUNE
'Godden here tries her deft writing hand at landscaping a child's heart' TIME

INTRODUCED BY JACQUELINE WILSON

To Angela they were sparrows because they were cheeky, cocky, common as sparrows; to Olivia nothing was common . . .

Someone has been digging up the private garden in gracious Mortimer Square. Miss Angela Chesney of the Garden Committee is certain that a gang of local boys is to blame, but her sister Olivia isn't so sure. Watching the teeming city from her window, she wonders why the neighbourhood children - 'sparrows', she calls them - have to be locked out.

Lovejoy Mason - fierce, scrappy, unloved - knows how it feels to be an outsider. But a stolen packet of cornflower seeds sends her in search of some 'good garden earth' - and on a journey that will lead to a struggling restaurant, a bombed-out church, and, at the heart of it all, a hidden garden.

'A masterpiece' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Godden's rich understanding of human nature, her humour and her beautiful prose inevitably leave one aglow' CHICAGO TRIBUNE
'Godden here tries her deft writing hand at landscaping a child's heart' TIME

Über den Autor
Rumer Godden (1907-1998) was the acclaimed author of over sixty works of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Born in England, she and her siblings grew up in Narayanganj, India, and she later spent many years living in Kolkata and Kashmir. Several of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The River, which was filmed by Jean Renoir. She was appointed OBE in 1993.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Virago Modern Classics
ISBN-13: 9780349017518
ISBN-10: 0349017514
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Godden, Rumer
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Modern Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 124 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Rumer Godden
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2025
Gewicht: 0,232 kg
Artikel-ID: 133764387

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