A classic war story from the award-winning author of Goodnight, Mister Tom. A Spoonful of Jam will truly capture your heart and mind. The war is over but Elsie is still fighting her own battles. She's bullied because she's the only scholarship pupil at the grammar school, and she has an awkward relationship with her father as he struggles to assume a normal life after fighting in the war. But when she begins working at the local theatre, Elsie discovers she can escape ...A Spoonful of Jam is the second of The Hollis Family books, following Cuckoo in the Nest. "The book is a treat. A masterly work." Philip Pullman, Guardian.
- ISBN10 0749736283
- ISBN13 9780749736286
- Publish Date 1 October 1998 (first published September 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 June 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Mammoth
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 369
- Language English