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Book blurb:
It’s the end of a dreary summer term; London seems hot and tawdry. Fifteen year old Fleur longs for the moment when she’ll be off with her friend Jan on her first holiday abroad.
The Mediterranean island of Corsica lives up to her dreams. She even begins to make friends with Paulo, a boy she’s noticed watching her outside their flat. But suddenly violence and fear shatter this idyll. Held prisoner by a group of Corsican nationalists in an isolated farmhouse, Fleur is forced to share the lives of a family of hostile strangers, ruled over by a strict mother, Mama.
But Fleur gradually comes to see the woman as her protector, standing between her and the more violent members of the Separatist movement. Through her relationship with Mama and Paulo, the youngest son, Fleur gains a new confidence and understanding of herself, as well as an insight into the concerns of her captors and their struggle for survival.
Jane Corbett has written an exciting and thought-provoking novel for readers of 12 upwards.
