The bestselling heart-warming family saga from the much-loved author of A Cornish Orphan and Solomon's Tale. The first book in The Boy With No Boots trilogy.
Freddie Barcussy knows hardship and pain. His parents Annie and Levi are struggling to make ends meet, both suffering with illness and poverty. Freddie is an outsider at school, misunderstood and angry. They need their luck to change.
Unbeknown to his parents, Freddie holds the key to their future. He has a gift, a gift he has told no one about. If he can learn how to ovecome his fears, he could use it to change all their lives for ever ... Searching to overcome hardship and prejudice, can Freddie find love and happiness or will mistrust ruin his life?
A nostlagic family saga about love, loss and keeping family together, for fans of Sheila Newberry and Katie Flynn
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- 384 pages
- English
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About this book
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- By the same author
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Chapter One: THE TREACLE JAR
- Chapter Two: LIES
- Chapter Three: BROKEN CHINA
- Chapter Four: GRANNY BARCUSSY
- Chapter Five: A RED RIBBON
- Chapter Six: ‘SHADES OF THE PRISON-HOUSE’
- Chapter Seven: THE GOLDEN BIRD
- Chapter Eight: PLAYING TRUANT
- Chapter Nine: THE BONDING
- Chapter Ten: THE LONELINESS OF BEING DIFFERENT
- Chapter Eleven: HE WHO DARES
- Chapter Twelve: FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
- Chapter Thirteen: THE ‘BEE-LOUD GLADE’
- Chapter Fourteen: THE STONE GATEPOST
- Chapter Fifteen: THE WATER IS WIDE
- Chapter Sixteen: LITTLE BLUE LETTERS
- Chapter Seventeen: THE ROAD TO LYNESEND
- Chapter Eighteen: FLOATING
- Chapter Nineteen: THE TURN OF THE TIDE
- Chapter Twenty: TREAD SOFTLY
- Chapter Twenty-One: TRUSTING THE DREAM
- Chapter Twenty-Two: ONE YEAR LATER
- A Note From the Author
- Acknowledgements
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster UKYear
2015Topic
LiteraturePrint ISBN
9781471195785
Subtopic
Historical FictioneBook ISBN
9781471137662
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