Hope's adventure starts when she visits a sweet shop on the Old High Street - a cobbled street, lined with shops, leading down to the harbour. This is a picture of the Old High Street in Folkestone.
This is an illustration from the book showing Hope and her grandmother visiting the sweet shop in the Old High Street.
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In this illustration from the book, you can see Mog who is a most extraordinry cat.
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Hope's is staying with her grandmother who lives alone in a large old house. There are many of these tall white Victorian houses in the West End of Folkestone. This is a painting of one of them. It's easy to imagine in times past this grand old house being lit by candlelight and looking mysterious at twilight.
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This is a picture of the sweet jar that Hope is looking at in the window of the sweet shop in the Old Hight Street. |
The paperback edition with black and white illustrations (price £7.99 plus p&p) now available to order from Amazon. (ISBN 978-0-9957077-6-4). Click the image to go to the Amazon UK site (opens in new window).
The hardback edition with colour illustrations (price £10.99 plus p&p)
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In the dedication you will see the name 'Nadia'. That means 'Hope' and the main character, Hope Benedict, is named for her. Nadia died from motor neurone disease and the authors royalties from the book will be donated to help combat this disease and support those suffering from it. One of the main charities involved in this work is the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Whilst you are here why not click on their logo to visit their website and see the work they do.
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