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The Considine Curse


No. of pages 208

Published: 2011

Great for age 6-12 years

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Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2012 Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the Considine family. Why did Mariel's mum argue with Grandma all those years ago? Why does Amelia wear so much perfume? Why is there a very large cat flap in Louvre House? Why does Gerald seem scared of his brother's appetite? Did Grandma Considine really break her neck falling down the stairs? And most importantly, what is the dark secret that lies at the heart of the family?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 9 years.

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Gareth P. Jones lives and works in London. He writes in his free time when he's not working at Cactus TV.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Blue Peter Book Award - Book Of the Year
This book was recognised by the Blue Peter Book Of the Year Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

Praise for The Thornthwaite Inheritance: `Beautifully simple comic ideas that children instantly love . . . This is a book certain to make family holidays go with a bang' * The Times *