by Berlie Doherty · Longman · tapa dura · ISBN 9780582434554
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«Snake-Stone» is the young adult novel by Berlie Doherty, published by Longman in hardback (200 pages, in English).
James is a young diver with Olympic aspirations and a great unknown: he has never met his biological mother. Although he grew up with supportive adoptive parents and a father who is also his coach, he decides to interrupt his training to travel to the farm where he was born. He carries with him an enigmatic snake-shaped stone that may hold the key to his past.
It appears linked to the school collections New Century Readers and New Longman Literature 11-14; 2000 edition.
Aimed at young readers and for school use in secondary education, with approximate ages of 11 to 14.
Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal. She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.
