Counting Stars *Signed

Book 1 of 11: Readers Circle

Almond, David

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ISBN 10: 0340784792 ISBN 13: 9780340784792

Published by Hodder, London, 2000

Language: English

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Counting Stars *Signed

Publisher

Hodder, London

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0340784792

ISBN 13

9780340784792

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition; "1" in Number Line

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Counting

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In the elegant, hypnotic, thoroughly engaging Counting Stars, British author David Almond, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Kit's Wilderness and a Printz honor for Skellig, shares a collection of stories about his childhood "in a small steep town overlooking the River Tyne." Echoing the bright, witty banter of his large family in pages of fascinating dialogue, Almond recounts tales of his Catholic upbringing (where counting stars in the sky past 100 is a blasphemous attempt to know the unknown), the deaths of his father and sister, poignant stories of local boys and girls with bitter plights, a lonely old woman who keeps her lost baby in a jar, stolen kisses, whispered rumors, dreams of angels, sensual memories of warm grass and sunshine, lemon curd and marmalade. The stories are not chronological, but thematic, and they are simply beautiful. No one captures the mysticism of childhood like Almond, and his readers will be overjoyed to see the ways in which his own history is mirrored in the odd, magical worlds created in his novels. In the author's words, the stories "merge memory and dream, the real and the imagined, truth and lies. And, perhaps, like all stories, they are an attempt to reassemble what is fragmented, to rediscover what has been lost." Almond paints a landscape of the soul and shows his readers the magic of humanity. It seems he can do no less! (Ages 13 and older) --Karin Snelson

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