I, Coriander **signed first edition**

Gardner, Sally

I, Coriander

London, Orion, 2005.

Fine in Fine dustjacket.  Signed by the author.

"The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher."

16th December 2005.  I, Coriander announced as Winner of the Nestle Gold Medal (formerly Smarties Gold Award) for 9 - 11 year olds.