Winning Words
Snakes’ Elbows
by Deirdre Madden
Year: 2005/2006
Invisible dogs and magic fudge, bats, cats
and beans on toast!
This is just a taste of what’s in store if you read Snakes’
Elbows by Deirdre Madden.
When a shy, gifted, pianist arrives in Woodford and goes head-to-head with a rascally arms trader as both vie for a famous local painting, the result is a funny, intriguing story where the adults (there are no children in the story) are brilliantly portrayed as big kids.
Adult issues such as fame, arms dealing,
vanity and the media are presented with a simplicity that readers as young
as seven or eight can understand perfectly.
