Surprising Joy

Surprising Joy

by ValerieBloom (Author)

Synopsis

Joy has spent her life with her grandmother in Jamaica, steeped in Jamaican culture, sunshine and traditions. Until the day her dream comes true: Joy's mother, who moved to England when Joy was a baby, writes to say that she's ready for her daughter to come and join her. Joy can hardly contain her excitement. But London in December is a shock. It's cold and dark and unfriendly. Even so, it's nothing to the shock that awaits when she goes to live with her mother...

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Format: Unabridged
Pages: 224
Edition: Unabridged
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 06 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0330398601
ISBN 13: 9780330398602
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio
Valerie Bloom was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and came to England in 1979. One of the UK's finest poets for children, she has performed extensively throughout Britain, the Caribbean and Ireland, in schools, universities, theatres and at festivals such as Hay-on-Wye and Cheltenham. Her poems have been included in Poems on the Underground and in the NEAB 1998 GCSE English Literature Anthology.