Synopsis
What’s the hook?
Two different perspectives provide interesting contrast in the exploration of issues of adoption and identity.
What are the themes?
Families, generations and identity.
Teaching points?
Provides numerous opportunities for speaking and listening activities and creative writing.
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Book Description
The story of a boy's search for his true identity
About the Author
Berlie Doherty is one of Britain's best loved and most distinguished writers for young people. She has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal for both DEAR NOBODY and GRANNY WAS A BUFFER GIRL. She has also written for adults, and writes plays for radio, theatre and television. She was born in Liverpool and now lives in the Peak District.
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Snake Stone, Berlie Doherty : Notes
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Pearson Education, Limited, 2000
ISBN 10: 0582434556
ISBN 13: 9780582434554
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Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Neu -An adopted boy searches for his birth mother in this sensitive British novel from the author of White Peak Farm. Fifteen-year-old James, a champion diver, narrates most of the story, which is interwoven with brief but poignant passages in the unknown mother's voice. James, fortuitously, has the note, written on the back of a torn envelope, that his birth mother presumably left with him ("Look after Sammy") before abandoning him in a stranger's mailbox. Even more fortuitously, the envelope bears fragments of a return address. A portrait in determination, James discerns the beginnings of a trail. As James investigates, the mother recounts, in minimal but telling detail, the wrenching events surrounding his birth. Doherty gradually, deftly draws the two narrative strands together, leading to the moment-all the more powerful for what is left unsaid-when mother and son meet. She leaves both James and the reader ample opportunity to sort out the conflicting feelings inherent to his search, and his eventual acceptance of his true, adoptive home seems all the more satisfying for its being hard-won. A touching exploration of a difficult subject. Ages 11-up. 191 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # INF1000004757
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Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Wie neu. 1st New edition. 200 S. Sehr schönes, innen wie außen sauberes Exemplar. Ungelesene Ausgabe in Topzustand. Buchrücken und Schutzumschlag sind unbeschädigt. Seiten sind sauber und weisen weder Notizen noch Knicke irgendwelcher Art auf. 850036 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 499. Seller Inventory # 850036