
Fighting Back - Rejacketed
Catherine MacPhail(Author)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published on 3. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4088-0209-0 (ISBN)
Description
Kerry and her mum have recently moved into new council accommodation in a tower block. Kerry's dad has recently left them, and Kerry and her mum are forging a new life together. But Kerry's mum is not the calmest or the most patient of people, particularly when it comes to getting on with the new neighbours. And when Kerry's mum refuses to be intimidated by Ma Lafferty, the local money lender, Kerry finds out that Ma Lafferty's daughter more than takes after her mother A brilliantly topical story tackling the dangers of being in debt.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-0209-0 (9781408802090)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Catherine MacPhail
Fighting Back
Book
06/2005
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€8.90
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Person
Cathy MacPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award with her first novel, Run Zan Run, the Scottish Arts Council Award with her second novel Fighting Back, and a Royal Mail award for Roxy's Baby. Cathy MacPhail's work is enormously popular with young teenagers, her trademarks being a mix of humour, with pacy and topical storylines. Cathy lives in Greenock, Scotland.