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"The Earth Hums in B Flat is a richly evocative, warm but unsentimental tale of a child detective struggling to piece together clues about the lives around her ... extremely compelling. I loved this novel." (Catherine O'Flynn, author of What Was Lost)
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I loved this debut, which manages to give a young girl's narrative an authentically quirky aspect, without ever resorting to cutesiness or cosiness . . . Strachan eschews whimsy for reality in a beautifully written story about growing
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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0753184915
- ISBN 13 9780753184912
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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