Orchard On Fire

Set in the small English village of Stonebridge, the Orchard on Fire tells the story of eight-year-old April Harlency's coming-of-age in a place where the charm of the local landscape contrasts sharply with the predjuices and vagaries of the adult world. When April encounters the red-haired, energetic Ruby Richards, the two girls become fast friends. Together, they abandon the physical and mental abuse forced on them by adults in their lives and transform an abandoned railway car in an orchard into their secret hideaway, an idyllic camp of shared dreams.

Summary

Set in the small English village of Stonebridge, the Orchard on Fire tells the story of eight-year-old April Harlency's coming-of-age in a place where the charm of the local landscape contrasts sharply with the predjuices and vagaries of the adult world. When April encounters the red-haired, energetic Ruby Richards, the two girls become fast friends. Together, they abandon the physical and mental abuse forced on them by adults in their lives and transform an abandoned railway car in an orchard into their secret hideaway, an idyllic camp of shared dreams.

Product details

• Authors: Mackay, Shena Mackay
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1997
• EAN: 9780156005326
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600532-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Romance / General, DRAMA: Shakespeare, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Friendship, DRAMA: Ancient & Classical, FICTION: City Life, FICTION: Romance / Later in Life