Sabrina Fludde
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2013
256 pages
978-1-4088-5249-1 (ISBN)
Description
When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings, she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms. What is she doing in the water, who is she, where can she go? And so begins the unfolding of a story, that snakes and turns like the river itself, surprising the reader on every level. A wonderful magical fantasy of a story that follows the journey of a girl's life over many centuries and across huge terrain. Pauline Fisk is a marvellous storyteller whose canvas is huge and whose delving into mythology makes for astounding reading.
Praise for Sabrina Fludde:
'Ancient and modern worlds are cleverly entwined in a multi-layered novel packed with big writing and even bigger ideas' Guardian
'A magical, dreamy fantasy that takes hold if you and, like the river, carries you along in its powerful current' Financial Times (Pick of the Month)
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-5249-1 (9781408852491)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Pauline Fisk
Sabrina Fludde
Book
01/2005
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€9.00
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Person
Pauline lives in Shrewsbury and has written other very highly acclaimed books for children including the Smarties Prize winning title Midnight Blue. This is Pauline's first book for Bloomsbury.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Part One: River Mist
- A body on the water
- A boy on the street
- The sweetest music
- Hallowe'en
- Part Two: River Fortress
- Abren
- St Chad's crypt
- No questions asked
- Bentley's carol
- Part Three: Dark River
- Red
- Old Sabrina
- Millennium night
- Remembering
- Football fever
- Part Four: River Secrets
- Compass House
- Guinness Railwaybridge
- The comfort blanket
- What swans do
- In the library
- Part Five: River Source
- Blaen Hafren
- The mountain man
- Calling the corph candle
- No photographs
- Old Hall
- St Curig's bees
- Cwn y Wbir
- The source
- Part Six: River in Flood
- Able-bodied men
- Abren in flood
- Effrildis
- The Palace of Pengwern
- Part Seven: Queen of Rivers
- A pinch of dust
- The upriver trow
- Elvers
- Under angels' wings
- Also by Pauline Fisk for Bloomsbury
- eCopyright
