A Stitch in Time – Penelope Lively

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A rediscovered childrens classic, winner of the 1976 Whitbread Award, from the Booker Prize and Carnegie Medal-winning author of Moon Tiger and The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.

A Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that arent there a swing creaking, a dog barking and when she sees a Victorian embroidered picture, Maria feels a strange connection with the ten-year-old, Harriet, who stitched it.

A But what happened to her? As Maria becomes more lost in Harriet’s world, she grows convinced that something tragic occurred…

A Perfect for fans of mysteries like Toms Midnight Garden, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Charlotte Sometimes, and My Friend Walter, A Stitch in Time is a classic of childrens literature, from Booker Prize, Whitbread Award, and Carnegie Medal-winning author Penelope Lively.

A This new HarperCollins Childrens Classics edition features an introduction by Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mister Tom.

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