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Meggie Blackthorn
2011
First Published
4.41
Average Rating
246
Number of Pages
For all ages Early 1960s – Newcastle, UKWhen eleven-year-old Meggie's feckless Dad doesn't pay the coal man and they have no hot water she takes matters into her own hands. With her younger brother, Jack, she sets off to find the free coal she knows can be found in the pit heaps opposite their village. When she and Jack return home from their adventure, she's punished. Does she still love her dad? She’s not so sure and when she has to make a choice between going to live with her grandparents at their newsagent’s shop in Newcastle so she can go to the grammar school or staying in Shippon and going to the local secondary school she decides to leave home. She soon finds herself in an ever bigger mess. Billy Fish and The Codmother are ripping off Meggie's grandparents. With her new friend, paperboy Dave Spedding, she tries to help, but finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. Growing pains, a new school, dealing with Billy Fish’s threats against her grandparents and coping with long-hidden family secrets stretch Meggie's resourcefulness and strength of character to the limit. (66,000 words)
Avg Rating
4.41
Number of Ratings
29
5 STARS
62%
4 STARS
21%
3 STARS
14%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Elizabeth Jasper
Elizabeth Jasper
Author · 5 books

I've always been a reader and for the past six years I've been writing fiction. I read across a wide range of genres and I find it fun to select features of various genres to use in my writing without sticking to one in particular. I have published three e-books in the past year and I'm currently working on two new novels - one a sequel to my second book, Meggie Blackthorn, and the other a sexy romance which I'll be publishing under a different author name later this year. I worked for many years in prestigious UK universities, where I did a variety of administrative tasks, including organising summer schools, study tours and other events, as well as working as PA to an eminent archaeologist. For most of the year I live in Spain with my husband but we spend a considerable amount of time in the UK with our family.

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