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Meet the Radish

Meet the Radish - Foster Family

Paperback (16 Sep 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Sam is happily installed with the Fosters and now they feel ready to take on another child. After alll, who could be more of a handful than Sam? A boy! Abi and Sam prepare for what they're sure will be a boisterous and annoying little brother - but when six year-old Radice arrives, he's not at all what they expected. Painfully shy and timid, with a crop of bright red hair, Radice is a forlorn little thing - Abi and Sam can't help it, they nickname him Radish. Radish hardly speaks and seems terrified of everything and everyone. His mother and her violent boyfriend saw to that. But Sam and Abi try really hard and, finally, they win Radish's trust. Smiling and chatty, he's a different little boy to the one they first met.Then Radish's mum arrives to take him back! Sam and Abi miss him, more than they ever thought - and will his mum look after him properly? But one night Radish turns up at the door - his mum's been up to her old tricks again.. That does it. The Foster family apply for legal adoption - Radish is home for good!

About the Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Hodder Children's Books is home to a cross-section of respected and prize-winning writers and illustrators and to some of the brightest new talents in fiction for children and young adults. Brands from Enid Blyton to CHERUB, authors from Hilary McKay to David Almond and Cressida Cowell, artists from David Melling to Alex T. Smith, sit side-by-side on a list that is simply unparalleled.

Book information

ISBN: 9780340727225
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 156
Weight: 98g
Height: 178mm
Width: 111mm
Spine width: 10mm