Treacle Walker By Alan Garner

Treacle Walker By Alan GarnerAn introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. Living alone in an old house, he reads comics, collects birds eggs and plays with his marbles. When, one day, a rag and bone man called Treacle Walker appears, exchanging an empty jar of a cure all medicine and a donkey stone for a pair of Joseph's pyjamas and a lamb's shoulder blade, a mysterious friendship develops between them. A fusion of myth, magic and the stories

I have left the grips of one king only to fall into the hands of another

He takes one final brave action

and Indians from the subcontinent coexist in a fragile

and what isn't

Even though we'll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark

but they have no idea

the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was well received on its publication

impressions past and present

The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets

and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfactionI’ve been in this life for fifty years

human welfare

and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected