Abomination - Couverture rigide

Swindells, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385408544 ISBN 13 : 9780385408547

Editeur : Doubleday, 1998

Synopsis

Martha is 12, and very different from other children. Her parents are strict members of a religious group and their rules dominate her life. She must never invite anyone home, or their shameful secret, the Abomination, could be revealed. The tale focuses on the rights of a child and child abuse.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Martha is twelve, and very different from other kids. No TV. No computer. No cool clothes. Especially, no friends .

It's all because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group, their rules dominate Martha's life. But one rule is the most important of all: Martha must never ever invite anyone home. If she does, their terrible secret - Abomination - could be revealed. . .

'A taut and thrilling novel from a master of the unpredictable' Daily Telegraph

Shortlisted for the Children's Book Award and the Whitbread Children's Book Award.

Winner of the Stockport and the Sheffield Children's Book Awards.

Cover: Tracey and Jerry Paris

Biographie de l'auteur

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer.

RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.

'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES

'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385408544
• ISBN 13: 9780385408547
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible