A Spoonful of Jam (Mammoth read)

by Michelle Magorian (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.28

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.28

  A classic war story from the award-winning author of Goodnight, Mister Tom. A Spoonful of Jam will truly capture your heart and mind. The war is over but Elsie is still fighting her own battles. She's bullied because she's the only scholarship pupil at the grammar school, and she has an awkward relationship with her father as he struggles to assume a normal life after fighting in the war. But when she begins working at the local theatre, Elsie discovers she can escape ...A Spoonful of Jam is the second of The Hollis Family books, following Cuckoo in the Nest. The book is a treat. A masterly work. Philip Pullman, Guardian.