Snake Ropes: A NovelSet on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever. |
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Not a sound from the cupboard. For a three-year-old, Barney is good and quiet for me, when him knows I mean it. I cross the room, whisper at the door, 'Them're coming. Keep quiet, good boy.' 'Dun like it in here, is dark and smelly.
Ropes tied all over you an' the whole island. You know where you are?' Hims tired eyes look at me like I'm going to be gone any moment. I roll away, face the cracked grey wall and whisper, 'Want him back.' Da's voice sounds loud.
Him glowers at me like him wants to stick a fish hook in my lips, so I whisper, 'Tell me tell me tell me,' all the afternoon, all the while him goes in and out of the kitchen through the back door, and all the while him tidies up out ...
A Novel Jess Richards. moppet rushes the sound of the sea into my ear, but I keep whispering till I fall asleep. Morgan I'm locked in my bedroom, being punished for the.
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User Review - passion4reading - LibraryThingMary shares a cottage with her fisherman father and little brother Barney on a small island just off the edge of the map after the death of her mother. Traders from the mainland visit the island ... Read full review
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| Title | Snake Ropes: A Novel |
| Author | Jess Richards |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1443410160, 9781443410168 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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