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No Way of Telling

Emma Smith

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.11 | 56 Users | 16 Reviews

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Original Title:	No Way of Telling
ISBN:	0370012364 (ISBN13: 9780370012360)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction (1973)

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The day they were sent home early from school because of a threatening blizzard, Amy rode with the other pupils in Mrs. Rhys's van to where the road ended, but from there she had to trudge by herself through the driving snowflakes to the Gwyntfa, the gray stone cottage where she lived alone with her grandmother, Mrs. Bowen. Once home, Amy knew she was safe. With a well-stoked larder and plenty of oil for the lamps, her grandmother promised her they might even enjoy being snowed in. They liked each other's company and every night would sit one on each side of the fire, working at their patchwork quilt until it was time for a cup of tea and a game of Patience or Two-handed Whist before bed.

But on the day the snow began they never played their game of cards. They were interrupted by a growl from Amy's dog, a tremendous thump at the door, and an intrusion of such violence as they had never in their lives met before. Yet though there was no way of telling who their intruder might be, Mrs. Bowen somehow knew he meant them no harm; and in the four extraordinary days that followed, bringing intruders of a different kind, Amy discovered that her grandmother's instinct had been right.

Against the beautifully portrayed background of a Welsh hillfarm in winter, suspense mounts almost unbearably for Amy and her grandmother - and for the reader as well - as they face ruthless evil in this contemporary story superbly told by a distinguished writer.

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Title	:	No Way of Telling
Author	:	Emma Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	June 1972 by Random House (first published 1972)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fiction

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Ratings: 4.11 From 56 Users | 16 Reviews

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This is one of my favourite books. There is something charming and beautiful about Emma Smith's style, and the dialogue is peppered with original expressions and phrases. I have read this book many times, and never grown tired of it. The characters are believable, and the plot, while straightforward, is gripping.

Such a fabulous writer, as well as a good storyteller. I think she rates really highly and I am sorry she's not better known. This was gripping! And so atmospheric.

A good story, with only a little plot hole in the end. Good characters and pacing. I really would have LOVED this had I read it as a young girl! The heroine is quite resourceful, yet very believable. Definitely recommend for YA readers!!

When Amy and her grandmother are snowed in by a blizzard in Wales, they expect to entertain themselves by listening to the radio and quilting. Instead, they are terrorized by an escaped prisoner and the men sent after him, and it is up to Amy to somehow make her way back to civilization to seek help - if she can survive the next storm.I have never gone wrong with a Margaret K. McElderry Book.



I wanted to like this book more than I ended up doing, but I'm sorry--it just wasn't real enough to be social realism, or fantastic enough to be fantasy. Amy is supposed to be about nine years old, and she is waaay too advanced. She thinks and reasons like an adult, and though I too was v. advanced by Amy's age, risk assessment is not in it at that stage of life. Aside from the fact that I also grew up in blizzard country, and I'm sorry, no child (or adult) with any sense at all goes waltzing

What a gorgeous little gem of a book! The writing is refreshing, realistic and witty. The story builds up into a crescendo of drama, which gives you time to fall in love with the characters. I would recommend this book if you love reading about human relationships and interactions. I thoroughly enjoyed it.