Spilled Water
Author(s): Sally Grindley
When her father dies, Lu Si-yan, just eleven, is sold into domestic service by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this powerful and compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in modern-day China, a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water'.
Product Information
Fantastic NEW range of fiction for the classroom, which cover a range of genres to meet the KS3 English Framework objectives. Text selected by experts to meet national curriculum requirements.FREE downloadable teacher's support material for Y7-9 available on our website, including introductions, glossarys of key words, full schemes of work, lesson plans and photocopiable worksheets. Written by experts in the educational field.Durable PLC hardback format. Fantastic value for money. Winner of the 2004 Gold Smarties AwardPraise for Spilled Water: 'Her story of strength and determination gives a strong picture of another culture' Scholastic Best Books 2004; 'Utterly compelling' Carousel Christmas Supplement.
Sally has had 38 books published, ranging from picture books to young adult novels. Sally won the 2004 Smarties Gold Award with Spilled Water and has also won prizes for her picture books - Shhh! was winner of the UK's Children's Book Award.
General Fields
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- : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- : 0.274
- : 01 September 2006
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sally Grindley
- : Hardback
- : 428.6
- : 224
