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It is the last novel in the loosely connected sequence of novels which began with breaktime in 1978. The pillow book of cordelia kenn is a young adult novel by british author aidan chambers, and is the last installment in a book series called the dance sequence. It is the last work in the dance sequence of six novels, preceded by breaktime, dance on my grave, now i know, the toll bridge, and postcards from no mans land. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as facts. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. Using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. Cordelia intends to give her book to her daughter as a sixteenth birthday present, so that in this way they can share their teenage years. Printz award and the carnegie medal, a work of astonishing intimacy and depth using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. They even make it smell differently from my own books. Cordelia s recollections of her study of love are authentic, frank, sweet and true.
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