A Very Good Chance

Zusatztext Sarah Moore Fitzgerald cements her reputation as one of our finest storytellers with A Very Good Chance ! a gorgeously written and completely engrossing tale set in Ireland and Italy of teenage friendship! fracturing families! social division! and bareback horse-racing. Informationen zum Autor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald grew up in Dublin but now lives in County Clare, where she's part of the creative writing team at the University of Limerick. She's also director of UL's Creative Writing Winter School and founding member of Writepace, a Limerick-based writing co-operative. Follow her on Twitter @SMooreFitz Klappentext Some people step through a wardrobe to find adventure! but Minty follows the twisty-turny trees into Nettlebog. There she finds Ned Buckley - the moody! mysterious boy who never talks at school. As Minty's world disintegrates around her she searches for refuge in the magical Nettlebog! and she discovers more about Ned: he's able to ride wild horses. And he knows things about the human race that might just save her. Things about resilience and belief. Things about what it takes to be great. Set in Dublin and Siena, with its dizzying, dare-devil Palio horse race, Waterstones Children´s Book Prize shortlisted author Sarah Moore Fitzgerald´s third novel is about taking chances, being brave and learning the best way to see the world. Zusammenfassung Set in Dublin and Siena, with its dizzying, dare-devil Palio horse race, Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author Sarah Moore Fitzgerald's third novel is about taking chances, being brave and learning the best way to see the world.

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The wonder and magic of Minty and Ned's burgeoning relationship is beautifully handled ... A Very Good Chance is brave and thoughtful with cracking characters. It deserves a wide readership and confirms Moore Fitzgerald's place as one of Ireland's most interesting new children's writers. IRISH INDEPENDENT

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781444014785
• ISBN: 978-1-4440-1478-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Orion Children's Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Ireland, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Interest age: from c 12 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education