Synopsis
Heaven Eyes tells
the story of three orphans, Erin, January and Mouse
who decide to run away from their orphanage. They escape
on a raft and drift down the nearby river. Soon they
run aground on a marshy area known as the Black Middens
and are ‘rescued’ by Heaven Eyes, a strange
girl who lives in a deserted factory with her Grampa.
Heaven Eyes is very taken by her new ‘brothers
and sister’ but Grampa is a great deal more hostile
and suspicious. Soon, secrets begin to be unearthed.
Who is Heaven Eyes? And whose is the body that Mouse
digs up in the Black Middens?
A truly haunting story combining magic realism with
completely believable relationships.
Cross-curricular links and themes
- Citizenship and PSHE
– bereavement and loss; non-conventional family
relationships.
- Themes: facing
up to and owning your past; being lost and found;
truth and secrecy; the river and the land.
| ISBN
0 340 91319 3 £6.99
November 2005
224pp |
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