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PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Book Group

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780751545210

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 384

PUBLICATION DATE:
January 6, 2011

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Pebbles on the Beach

Evelyn Hood

Elspeth’s mother died when she was a baby and she never knew her father. Raised by her mother’s cousin Flora, Elspeth is resented by her foster mother, but loved by her foster brother. She falls in love, but is rejected and then her father appears, forcing her to decide on her life’s path.

Evelyn Hood

Evelyn Hood is the author of many novels, as well as several books and plays for children. This book contains two stories set 200 years apart but with the same theme – The Silken Thread and The Dancing Stone .

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