Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month June 2016 Award-winning Penelope Lively’s classic story humorously captures the dreamy and imaginary world of eleven year old Maria. An only child, Maria is used to quietly observing the world around her. When her parents rent a house by the sea full of the objects and curios of previous occupants, Maria finds herself drawn into the life of Harriet, a child who lived there previously.
Imaginative Maria, who can converse with the grumpy and opinionated cat, weaves a story around Maria but is it what really happened? Penelope Lively elegantly explores how the lives of children are effected by lives in the past. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for June 2016
The World's Worst Children by David Walliams
Seacrow Island by Astrid Lindgren
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
Street Child by Berlie Doherty
Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero by Francesca Armour-Chelu
The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster
Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren't there - a swing creaking, a dog barking - and when she sees a Victorian embroidered picture, Maria feels a strange connection with the ten-year-old, Harriet, who stitched it. But what happened to her? As Maria becomes more lost in Harriet's world, she grows convinced that something tragic occurred...
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Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Stitch in Time A Stitch in Time and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
A Stitch in Time A Stitch in Time features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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A Stitch in Time A Stitch in Time was written by Penelope Lively and published by HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
A Stitch in Time A Stitch in Time has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Collins Modern Classics series