Surprising Joy

Joy has spent her life with her grandmother in Jamaica, steeped in Jamaican culture, sunshine and traditions. Until the day her dream comes true: Joy's mother, who moved to England when Joy was a baby, writes to say that she's ready for her daughter to come and join her. Joy can hardly contain her excitement. But London in December is a shock. It's cold and dark and unfriendly. Even so, it's nothing to the shock that awaits when she goes to live with her mother...

• Author
• Valerie Bloom

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 224

• Publisher
• Macmillan Children's Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-330-39860-2

• EAN
• 9780330398602

• Release date
• 2004