The Girl Savage - Couverture souple

Rundell, Katherine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571254314 ISBN 13 : 9780571254316

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2011

Synopsis

Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. For lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive?

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Katherine Rundell's The Girl Savage ... sees wild haired tomboy Will silver transplanted by a wicked stepmother from a carefree home in rural Zimbabwe to a posh London boarding school. The two sides of her coin are nicely polished: Africa with its laughter-filled hours of bareback horseriding and falling out of mango trees; schools with its strange customs of having to do maths and eat with cutlery. --Phil Hogan, Observer

With a compelling main character in Will, this charming story is about, friendship, hope and the wildness that lives in us all. --TBK Mag

Incredible first novel set in Zimbabwe ... This is a beautiful elegy for Africa that is highly recommended for older children. --ABC Magazine

Biographie de l'auteur :

Katherine Rundell was born in 1987 and grew up in London, Southern Africa and Brussels. She graduated with a double first in English from St Catherine's College, Oxford, worked for a brief stint on the South Bank Show and in 2008 was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her first book was born of her love of Zimbabwe and her own, slightly feral, childhood there. She is currently writing a second novel alongside academic work on the letters of John Donne.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0571254314
• ISBN 13: 9780571254316
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 240