Secret Heart

Joe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor - and he is adamant that a weekend in the wilderness with Stanny and his Uncle Joff will do the trick. Into Joe's unhappy world comes Hackenschmidt's Circus, and with it the strangely familiar Corinna. She tells Joe, 'In the circus there is a secret heart' - a place of contained wildness where the barriers between the human and animal world are fluid. And indeed, Joe's dreams are already stalked by a tiger, so real that his skin and its pelt begin to feel as one...

Title - Secret Heart

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Author - David Almond

ISBN 13 - 9780340743690

Imprint - Hodder Children's Books

Publisher - Hachette Children's Group

Date Published - 17/01/2002

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 128 x 12 x 195mm

Weight - 154 g

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