The Weight of a Thousand Feathers
(Sprache: Englisch)
A bold, irreverent and tender novel about a young carer from the Costa Children's Award winning author of When Mr Dog Bites and The Bombs That Brought Us Together
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A bold, irreverent and tender novel about a young carer from the Costa Children's Award winning author of When Mr Dog Bites and The Bombs That Brought Us Together
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WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN & YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019Angry, stirring and tender, this is a bold, questioning exploration of the lengths to which we'll go for the people we love. From the Costa Children's Book Award winning author of When Mr Dog Bites and The Bombs That Brought Us Together.Bobby Seed has questions. What's another word for 'thesaurus'? How can I tell Bel I want her as my girl friend, not my girlfriend? How much pain is Mum in today? Has she taken her pills? And sometimes, secretly, Why us?Bobby's little brother Danny has questions too. Will Bobby let him have Rice Krispies for dinner? And can he stay up late on the computer? And why won't Mum's stupid illness just GO AWAY?But it's Mum's question for Bobby that could turn everything on its head. It's the Big One. The Unthinkable One. If Bobby agrees, he won't just be soothing her pain. He'll be helping to end it.Would he? Could he?Perfect for readers of Patrick Ness and Malorie Blackman.
Autoren-Porträt von Brian Conaghan
Conaghan, BrianBrian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland. His first YA novel for Bloomsbury, When Mr Dog Bites, was shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, and his second, The Bombs That Brought Us Together, won the 2016 Costa Children's Book Award. We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan, won the 2018 UKLA Book Award, and his fourth novel, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers, won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year.@BrianConaghan
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Brian Conaghan
- Altersempfehlung: 6 - 8 Jahre
- 2018, 368 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 22,3 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 140887153X
- ISBN-13: 9781408871539
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
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