Snow Foal

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<p></p><p> <b>'I absolutely love <i>Snow Foal</i> - it's so truthful, tender and touching. A book to read in a day and remember for a lifetime.' - Dame Jacqueline Wilson</b> </p> <p> <b><i>he perfect Christmas book for children.</i> <i>A beautiful and heart-wrenching middle grade debut for kids aged 9 to 11, full of love, healing, friendship and hope. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson's </i>Tracey Beaker<i>, Cathy Cassidy, Pax and Gill Lewis. </i></b> </p> <p>When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster-care family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. Until one day, when she rescues a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow and Addie discovers that perhaps she’s not so alone after all. </p> <p>And as adventure and unexpected friendship blossom, Addie is determined that both of them will know what is to be home again soon . . . </p> <p>Susanna Bailey divides her time between writing, freelance social-work, and lecturing in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, where she also studied. Susanna wrote <i>Snow Foal</i> during her time at the same university where she drew much inspiration from her tutor, award-winning David Almond. <i>Snow Foal</i> has already been shortlisted for the <i>Joan Aitken Future Classics Prize</i>.</p><p></p>