Inventing Elliot, Graham Gardner, Jugendbuch ab 12

Inventing Elliot

Nominated for Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2005, Category Preis der Jugendlichen

Graham Gardner

2010, 183 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch

DOLPHIN ISBN-10: 1842552082
ISBN-13: 9781842552087

Produkt-Beschreibung zu: Inventing Elliot

Einsame Opfer - verschworene Täter
Du musst in der richtigen Weise bemert werden - das hat Elliot aus den bitteren Erfahrungen in der Vergangenheit gelernt. Jetzt, an seiner neuen Schule, wird er sich nicht mehr in die Opferrolle drängen lassen. Er wird einen neuen Elliot erfinden, der so kaltblütig und abgebrüht ist, dass ihn nie wieder jemand verletzen kann. Das Ergebnis übertriftt seine kühnsten Träume - zum ersten Mal im Leben hat Elliot Macht. Aber Macht hat einen furchtbaren Preis.

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Klappentext zu: Inventing Elliot

After being bullied mercilessly, Elliot is determined to reinvent himself when he moves house with Mum and Dad and goes to a new school. He is going to be so cool that no one will touch him. He's going to stand out just enough not to get noticed.
But he is too successful, and he does get noticed by the Guardians. They are a mysterious group of three who manipulate others and run the school with a reign of terror. They invite Elliot to become one of them. He faces an agonising decision, whether to use this new found power or risk standing up for himself and facing the consequences.

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Rezension zu: Inventing Elliot

"Graham's Gardner's first novel...is tight and assured, and marks the arrival of an important new talent. The theme is not new, but the journey the story takes always surprises and sometimes shocks with its intensity." -- Wendy Cooling The Bookseller, 20 December 2002 "Once you start, you will not be able to put this gripping and gritty read down!" The Sunday Times, 2 March 2003 "...a moving and subtle story...beautifully but unflashily [written]" -- Adele Geras The Guardian, 15 March 2003 ...

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"...fresh and compelling" -- Lindsey Fraser The Guardian Education, 18 March 2003 "It's no mean feat to invoke reader' sympathy, fear, curiosity and fury simultaneously but Gardner achieves just that in a compulsively readable story with huge appeal" Time Out, 19-26 March 2003 "...a first novel which grips from the start...brings to mind Cormier's The Chocolate War...makes riveting reading" Children's Bookseller, 21 March 2003 "A taut and compelling novel" Financial Times, April 2003 "The vocabulary and writing style are fresh, fluent and well tailored to the target audience...Elliot's thoughts are presented with such vivid candour as to grip the reader from page one" -- Elliot Ross, Age 16 The Herald, 5 April 2003 "...taut with menace from the very first page...powerfully plotted, compactly written" -- Dinah Hall Sunday Telegraph, 20 April 2003 "Gardner has produced an extraordinary novel, one which is powerful and intense...You feel every moment of Elliot's agonies and anguish thanks to the powerful use of language and imagery and the sheer intensity of the plot. I couldn't put this book down...Each twist and turn, each revelation, brings a surprise. It is a real gem." Birmingham Post, 3 May 2003 "...creepy but compelling...Gardner is a talented writer; Inventing Elliot is a troubling, raw book" Times Educational Supplement, 16 May 2003 "Gardner's compelling novel convincingly creates a world in which intimidation is both normalised and internalised...There will surely be much to look forward to from Gardner." -- Rosemary Stones Books for Keeps "This is a highly intelligent book about being bullied, written by someone who clearly understands, and can accurately describe, every nuance of fear." Mail on Sunday, 20 July 2003 "This debut novel aimed at teenagers is overtly moral, intensely written and utterly gripping." The Tablet, 26 July 2003 "This is a stunning debut novel from Graham Gardner, written with an easy, taut, spare style in which there is neither a superfluous word nor a break of steady pace. Solid plotting, with robust insight into the motivations and emotions of his characters, keeps the pages turning...This book is deeply satisfying and absorbing...Not to be missed." Inis: Children's Books Ireland, Autumn 2003 "the best first novel of the year" Achuka "Tightly told, Gardner's debut novel is convincing and engrossing." Booktrusted News (Booktrust), Issue 6

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Autoren-Porträt von Graham Gardner:

Graham Gardner is the second of ten children. He has worked as a bookseller, waiter, civil servant and is now an academic researcher in the Institute of Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, specialising in monitoring and analysing long term trends in the UK countryside. He is also a keen musician, playing rock and classical piano.

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