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October
Historical Fiction
Medina Hill
Trilby Kent
In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker
has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s
unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who
arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall.
There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents,
Marlo, who keeps a death grip on her copy of The New Art of
Cooking, and Dominic, armed with Incredible Adventures for Boys: Colonel
Lawrence and the Revolt in the Desert, find a way of life unlike any they
have known. Dominic’s passion for Lawrence of Arabia is tested
when he finds himself embroiled in a village uprising against a
band of travelers who face expulsion. In defending the
vulnerable, Dominic learns what it truly means to have a voice.
Trilby Kent brilliantly handles a far-off time and place to
present a story of up-to-the-minute relevance.
TRILBY KENT was born in Toronto but grew up in Boston, Miami, and
London, England. She spent a year working in the rare books
department of a major London auction house. After moving to Brussels
she became a regular contributor to the continent’s largest Englishlanguage
news magazine. When her partner decided to leave law for
music, they moved to Dorset. Medina Hill is Trilby Kent’s first novel.
A stunning debut novel
about a boy’s fight to
right an ancient wrong
978-0-88776-888-0
EAN: 9780887768880
US $19.95 / CAN $21.99
Juvenile Fiction – Historical
Juvenile Fiction – Social Situations
Ages 11-14 192 pages 5 1/8 x 7 5/8
Hardcover
Rights: World
12 carton JUV016000 JUV039000
On Sale: 10/13/2009
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