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Strawgirl

A beautiful, extraordinary first novel for children from a unique storyteller. Growing up on a Highland farm in a totally white community, 11-year-old 'Maybe' MacPherson hates her mixed-race roots: she is half Celtic and half Nigerian Ibo. But everything changes when her beloved father is killed in a car accident. Faced with running the farm herself and coping with her grief-stricken mother, Maybe needs all her strength to fight the local bullies — and the farm's unscrupulous owners, who want to sell the farm to a supermarket chain. Suddenly, at harvest time, Strawgirl enters Maybe's life — an extraordinary, magical girl made from straw who will help Maybe not only to discover who she really is, but also the courage that lies within her.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-330-48063-5
  • EAN
  • 9780330480635
  • Genres
  • fantasy, childrens
  • Release date
  • 2003