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Interview with the Author
http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2014/06/16/american-revolution-smith-henderson-talks-fourth-july-creek

Reading Group Questions:

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   Who is the narrator of the book? Who would you sympathise with?
   

Wrap It Up:

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   Would you recommend this book to others?
   
2. 
   If you could change anything what would it be?
   
3. 
   Do you believe this is a future classic?
   

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Name of Book: The Girl in the Red Coat
Author: Kate Hamer
Publisher: Faber and Faber

What our judges said:

An extraordinary and moving tale of child abduction which goes in totally unpredictable directions and remains a page turner all the way through. A fairy-tale atmosphere never obscures the human tragedy and complex web of relationships at the centre of the plot and delivers a disturbing insight into mother/daughter interface and chills the soul way down to the bone.

From the book:

A stand-out debut, THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT is the page-turning and hugely moving story of an abduction that will appeal to fans of THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, ROOM and THE SNOW CHILD. Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heart stopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to rebuild a life for the two of them on her own. When she takes Carmel for an outing to a local festival, her worst fear is realised: Carmel disappears into the crowd. Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone for good, Beth embarks on a mission to find her. Meanwhile, Carmel begins an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own. But do the real clues to Carmel's disappearance lie in the otherworldly qualities her mother had only begun to guess at?

Author biography:

Kate Hamer grew up in Pembrokeshire. She did a Creative Writing MA at Aberystwyth University and the Curtis Brown Creative novel-writing course. She won the Rhys Davies short story award in 2011 and her winning story was read out on Radio 4. She has recently been awarded a Literature Wales bursary. She lives in Cardiff with her husband and two children.