Awards
Carnegie Medal (nominee)
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Carnegie Medal (nominee)
Quirky voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes The mini cab office was up a cobbled mews with little flat houses either side. That's where I first met Violet Park, what was left of her. There was a healing centre next door, a pretty smart name for a place with a battered brown door and no proper door handle and stuck-on wooden numbers in the shape of clowns. The 3 of number 13 was a w stuck on sideways and I thought it was kind of sad and I liked it at the same time. Sixteen-year-old Lucas Swain becomes intrigued by the urn of ashes left in a cab office. Convinced that its occupant -- Violet Park -- is communicating with him, he contrives to gain possession of the urn, little realising that his quest will take him on a voyage of self-discovery and identity, forcing him to finally confront what happened to his absent (and possibly dead) father...
Similar Books by other authors...
How I Live Now Meg Rosoff | Mockingjay (Hunger Games, book 3) Suzanne Collins | Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls, book 1) Maggie Stiefvater | Wasted Nicola Morgan |
Used availability for Jenny Valentine's Finding Violet Park
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
January 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Finding Violet Park Author(s): Jenny Valentine ISBN: 0-00-721445-6 / 978-0-00-721445-7 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Finding Violet Park Author(s): Jenny Valentine ISBN: 0-00-729124-8 / 978-0-00-729124-3 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Finding Violet Park Author(s): Jenny Valentine ISBN: 0-00-722962-3 / 978-0-00-722962-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Collins Publ. UK Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Finding Violet Park Author(s): Jenny Valentine ISBN: 0-00-722963-1 / 978-0-00-722963-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
September 2010 : Unknown
| Title: Finding Violet Park (Unabridged) Author(s): Jenny Valentine Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

