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Paperback256 pages
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www.sallygrindley.co.uk/Publication date
5th February 2007ISBN
9780747586173Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Saving Finnegan
Sally Grindley
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A powerful novel with Sally Grindley's hallmark theme-driven narrative. In Saving Finnegan it is the important yet often taboo theme of death that is at the forefront and yet she has created an utterly gripping and hugely enjoyable novel.
Synopsis
Saving Finnegan by Sally GrindleyWhen Finola wakes up and sees the whale on the beach, she can hardly believe her eyes. Soon, she is at the forefront of an island-wide movement to save the whale. But things are not as simple as the young girl would like and she has to deal with the ambitions of a wide group of people. This work is laced with the important theme of death.
About The Author
Sally began writing in 1984 while she was working for a children's book club. Since 1995 she has been writing full time and has recently won the Smarties Prize. She now has some fifty titles in print. 'Shhh' won the Children's Bok Award in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Smartie. s'Wake Up Dad' won the 1989 Best Books for Babies Award and 'There's a Monster Who Eats Books' in our House was Highly Commended in the 1997 Right Start/Petit Filous award, shortlisted in the 1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award and selected by the Young Book Trust in 1998 as one of the '100 best books'.More books by this author
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