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Solace of the Road

by Siobhan Dowd

Synopsis

Holly’s story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel with her.

Memories of mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school, and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blond locks she feels transformed. She’s not Holly anymore, she’s Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the supersharp talk. She’s older, more confident—the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland, and find her mum. The kind of girl who can face the world head-on.

So begins a bittersweet and sometimes hilarious journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self and unlocking the secrets of her past.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2009
ISBN-13 9780375849718
ISBN-10 0375849718
Class Copyright
Publisher Random House Children's Books
Subject FICTION;JUVENILE FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 272
Shelf No. KA245
Grade Range 9 - 12
Ages 14 - 99
Lexile HL650L