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Written by the acclaimed author of Things A Bright Girl Can Do, Sally Nicholls’ The Knight’s Kiss sees a sharp-witted young Lady craft her escape of an arranged marriage. With short chapters and dyslexic-friendly paper, this is especially suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic teen readers, particularly those who adore tales of female derring-do, for this spritely, romantic romp fizzes with a spirit of independence.
Fourteen-year-old Lady Elinor leads a lonely life until her cousin Dan, a Knight-in-training, comes to Hardford Castle to learn from her father. In Dan, Elinor finds someone to play games with, banter with, and fall in love with. But tragically, Lady Elinor’s father has other ideas for his daughter’s future. As revealed after he walks in on the young couple kissing, he wants her to marry Sir William, his fifty-year-old friend.
While Sir William turns out to be a kindly man, Elinor remains determined to marry her true love and so sets about controlling her own destiny, though her plan leads to an entirely unexpected outcome…
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The Knight's Kiss Synopsis
Lady Elinor of Hardford has fallen in love for the first time, with Dan, her cousin and knight-in-training. But her father has other plans. She must marry his friend, Sir William of Courtney - and he's nearly 50! Ellie must draw on all her skills to work out a solution to her dilemma. Can she change her father's mind? And will she ever get to marry Dan?
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic teen readers.
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9781800901636 |
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6th October 2022 |
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Sally Nicholls |
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Nadiyah Suyatna |
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Barrington Stoke Ltd |
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Paperback |
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72 pages |
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About Sally Nicholls
I was born in Stockton-on-Tees, just after midnight, in a thunderstorm. My father died when I was two, and my brother Ian and I were brought up my mother. I always wanted to write - when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I used to say "I'm going to be a writer" - very definite.
I've always loved reading, and I spent most of my childhood trying to make real life as much like a book as possible. My friends and I had a secret club like the Secret Seven, and when I was nine I got most of my hair cut off because I wanted to look like George in the Famous Five. I was a real tomboy - I liked riding my bike, climbing trees and building dens in our garden. And I liked making up stories. I used to wander round my school playground at break, making up stories in my head.
I went to two secondary schools - a little Quaker school in North Yorkshire (where it was so cold that thick woolly jumpers were part of the school uniform) and a big comprehensive. I was very lonely at the little school, but I made friends at the comprehensive and got on all right. I didn't like being a teenager very much, though.
After school, I got to be an adult, which was fantastic. I went and worked in a Red Cross Hospital in Japan and then travelled around Australia and New Zealand. I jumped off bridges and tall buildings, climbed Mount Doom, wore a kimono and went to see a ballet in the Sydney Opera House. Then I came back and did a degree in Philosophy and Literature at Warwick. In my third year, realising with some panic that I was now supposed to earn a living, I enrolled in a masters in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa. It was here that I wrote Ways to Live Forever. I also won the prize for the writer with most potential, through which I got my agent. Four months later, I had a publisher.
I now live in a little house in Oxford, writing stories, and trying to believe my luck.
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