Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Puffin Books (1992), 192 pages
Description
Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter's settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.
User reviews
LibraryThing member NarelleJ
A great read for all ages. The reader is kept on the edge towards the end. There are many themes of fairytales throughout.
LibraryThing member Ayling
I read this a long time ago, I think - not sure really to be honest. I remember liking it kind of... would like to read again.
LibraryThing member Leov
Two knocks on the door...then two more. It was early morning when Nan invited him in. Then Nan hurriedly sends Cassy to her disfunctional mother,Goldie. it seems to Cassy that Nan is not talking about a short stay. Nan gives her bag with some food, some money, a note for her mum, and some strange
This is a well written book that has a high level of tension and anticipation. Originally written in1990, by a British author, it is still very readable for todays teens
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yellow stuff right at the bottom. But Goldie has moved in with a strange intense person, and his son Robert. They are developing a project about wolves. The topic leaves Cassy shaken. and the faded memories of her father, about whom no-one will talk, keep rising to the surface with all their attendant questions.This is a well written book that has a high level of tension and anticipation. Originally written in1990, by a British author, it is still very readable for todays teens
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Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 1990)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
192 p.; 5.31 inches
ISBN
0140348263 / 9780140348262