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21.08.02
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Cover to Cover to publish three of the funniest, most touching
audiobooks of the year
Written
by Guardian award winner, Hilary McKay, and read by Julia Sawalha,
SAFFY'S ANGEL is a story full of surprises. After Saffron Casson
discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same again.
Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants
a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel
to her, Saffy knows she has to find it. Realising that her childhood
in Siena holds the key, she secretly stows away on a car trip to
Siena, leaving the rest of her family absorbed in their own wacky
projects. Saffy's Angel is available from September, on 4 cassettes,
priced Β£13.99.
Jacqueline
Wilson's SECRETS, read by Josie Lawrence, is a stirring story of
two young girls from opposite sides of the tracks. India lives in
a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a rather
distracted dad. Inspired by her heroine, Anne Frank, she keeps a
diary full of the secrets she observes around the house. Across
town, Treasure lives in a council flat with her adored Nan. Scared
of having to go back and live with her mother and brutish stepfather,
she keeps a diary of ways to punish them, The Terrible Terry Torture
Manual. A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls
and when Treasure has to run away, India has an idea for a hiding
place based on the life of her favourite author. Secrets is also
available from September, on 4 cassettes, priced Β£13.99.
Read
by Sophie ward, JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA, is Eva Ibbotson's tale
of an orphaned London schoolgirl and her formidable governess's
journey to South America. This touching story full of richly drawn
characters has already joined the A-list of children's classics.
Set
at the turn of the 20th century, this is an adventure story full
of magic and discovery. Accompanied by the straight-backed Miss
Minton, Maia leaves the familiar comforts of her boarding school
to start a new life with distant relatives who live 1000 miles from
the mouth of the Amazon. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting
with new experiences beyond their imagination. Winner of the 2001
Smarties Gold Award, A Journey to the River Sea was also nominated
for the Children's Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize
in 2002. It is now available on 6 cassettes, priced Β£19.99.
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