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Blood Willow

Blood Willow

by ThomasBloor (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $9.79
Synopsis

Rosh is not impressed when he is sent to stay with his cousin Jack and family for a holiday in Scotland, while his parents look after his Gran. Somehow, he is persuaded to hire a rowing boat with Jack, but they capsize just off the coast. Luckily there is an island within swimming distance. Clambering ashore, they find themselves in the midst of a funeral for a pet lion. Even the oil paintings in the house of their rescuer are not as they seem. Things get even stranger when they discover that there is a game, a nightmarish twist on cricket, which involves chaining strangers to big posts and pelting them with stones, giving them only flimsy sticks to ward off the rocks...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 15 May 2003
ISBN 10: 0340866470
ISBN 13: 9780340866474
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
'subversive, funny and imaginative' (The Memory Prisoner) * The Observer *
'funny and tragic, but always gripping' (The Memory Prisoner) * The London Parents Guide *
'Bloor is to be congratulated on creating a genuine heroine, stout in courage, as well as size.' (The Memory Prisoner) * Nick Tucker, The Independent *
If Royston Vasey had had a public library it might have resembled the one in Thomas Bloor's The Memory Prisoner... Bloor never wastes a word communicating his nightmare, contriving all at once to be moving, alarming and funny. It takes a while to adjust to the extreme oddity of this short novel as there is nothing to compare it with. Sooner or later someone is going to mention Kafka, but I will eschew the K word except to remark that what most people forget about Kafka is his lethal matter-of-factness. * Jan Mark, TES *
'...a bizarrely comic account ...' (The Memory Prisoner) * The Guardian *
'a dark gothic fantasy, reminiscent of Mervyn Peake' (The Memory Prisoner) * The Herald *
Author Bio
Thomas Bloor is the winner of the 1999 Fidler Award for a first novel for 8-12 year old children. He is a part-time Special Educational Needs Assistant and lives in East London with his wife and two daughters. As well as writing, he paints, sculpts and puts together short films.