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Smoke Trail (Signature S.)

Smoke Trail (Signature S.)

by JuneOldham (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.28
Synopsis

Cora lives with her mother and grandmother in a hamlet in the Yorkshire dales. The three are close, but Cora longs to meet her father, whom she has never seen. She likens him to an unknown man who is reported to have disappeared - 'vanished in a puff of smoke'. Chance events lead Cora to build a fantasy that, in the past, her father has come back to the neighbourhood in order to contact her. A burnt-out car on the moor; burglaries; stolen food - all convince her that her father is nearby and wants to meet her. But the moor is prohibited, and to search for him she has to ignore her loyalty to her mother and grandmother, the warnings given by her mother about her father, and the sensible caution of her friend, Emma...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 18 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0340818085
ISBN 13: 9780340818084
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
'Oldham is a thrilling writer... poised, precise and evocative.' - TES 2 FOUNDLING: '... the haunting strangeness of the setting, the power of Oldham's language and imagery, and the emotional immediacy of the characters' situation will remain indelibly in readers' memories.' - BOOKLIST 3 ESCAPE: 'This is a powerfully told story of bravery and survival.' - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Author Bio
June Oldham is the prize-winning author of more than a dozen books for children and adults. She was brought up in Lincolnshire, read English at university and has two children. June has taught in colleges of further education and enjoys walking on the moors. She is married to an actor and has lived in Yorkshire for over twenty years, where many of her novels are set.