by Patricia MacLachlan · Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek · tapa dura · ISBN 9783866151079
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«Schere, Stein, Papier. Sophies Geschichte» is the children's novel by Patricia MacLachlan, published by Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek in hardcover (128 pages, in German).
On an island that summer has declared over, the family of eleven-year-old Larkin finds a basket with an abandoned baby at their doorstep. The little one, whom they call Sophie, is lovingly taken in by a family where the father dances for her on the marble table and plays «rock, paper, scissors» with her. Everyone knows that Sophie's biological mother will return one day to fetch her, and until then the family must face the changes and a secret from the past that they can now finally talk about.
Volume 6 of the Süddeutsche Zeitung Junge Bibliothek series. German translation by Hanna Johansen. The original work, «Baby», was published in 1993.
For child and young readers looking for an emotional story about family, fostering and emotional bonds, narrated from a girl's perspective.
Patricia Marie MacLachlan was an American children's writer. She was noted for her novel Sarah, Plain and Tall, which won the 1986 Newbery Medal.
