The Way to Sattin Shore - Paperback

by Philippa Pearce (Author)

New edition of a moving and intriguing story about a girl's determination to solve a hidden family mystery, written by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.

A gripping family mystery.

Kate never knew her dad, but that doesn't stop her missing him. She often secretly visits the gravestone with his name on it. But when the gravestone disappears Kate has a mystery on her hands. She has to find out what has happened and as she delves deeper into her family's past, she realizes that there are many secrets to uncover and that all the clues point to one place.

As Kate races to Sattin Shore her mind is a whirl of emotions: what she finds there will change the shape of her life forever.

Author Biography

Philippa Pearce spent her childhood in Great Shelford, a village near Cambridge. The village, the river, and the countryside in which she lived appear more or less plainly in Minnow on the Say and Tom's Midnight Garden. Philippa studied English and History at Cambridge University. She worked for the BBC as a scriptwriter and producer, and then in publishing as an editor. She wrote many books including the modern classic, Tom's Midnight Garden, for which she won the Carnegie Medal. She was awarded an OBE for services to Children's Literature. Sadly, Philippa died in 2006.