{"product_id":"9780008778736","title":"A Stitch in Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Lively, Penelope | General fiction (Children's \/ Teenage) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 09\/04\/2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of the HarperCollins Children's Classics series \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 199 x 15mm | 152g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rediscovered children's classic, winner of the 1976 Whitbread Award, from the Booker Prize and Carnegie Medal-winning author of Moon Tiger and The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren’t there – a swing creaking, a dog barking – and when she sees a Victorian embroidered picture, Maria feels a strange connection with the ten-year-old, Harriet, who stitched it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But what happened to her? As Maria becomes more lost in Harriet’s world, she grows convinced that something tragic occurred…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Perfect for fans of mysteries like Tom’s Midnight Garden, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Charlotte Sometimes, and My Friend Walter, A Stitch in Time is a classic of children's literature, from Booker Prize, Whitbread Award, and Carnegie Medal-winning author Penelope Lively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new HarperCollins Children's Classics edition features an introduction by Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mister Tom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56998493946231,"sku":"9780008778736","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780008778736.jpg?v=1775809013","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008778736","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}