The Middler - Couverture souple

Applebaum, Kirsty

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1788003454 ISBN 13 : 9781788003452

Editeur : Nosy Crow Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Related teaching resource pack available on the Nosy Crow website. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020 Nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal The Times Children's Book of the Week "I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had." Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam. Her brother Jed is an eldest, revered and special. A hero. Her younger brother is Trig - everyone loves Trig. But Maggie's just a middler; invisible and left behind. Then, one hot September day, she meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known gets turned on its head. Narrated expertly and often hilariously by Maggie, we experience the trials and frustrations of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family. This gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal is perfect for fans of Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff and Frances Hardinge. "Enter Maggie, 11, a middler, wedged between Jed, the eldest, and Trig, the youngest...I thought I'd almost reached my fill of dystopian novels, but Kirsty Applebaum has rebooted the genre. The plot pulls you along and I liked Maggie more and more as she grew in courage. There is a touch of Harper Lee's Scout about her." - Alex O'Connell, The Times "Strikingly original and featuring a spirited heroine" - Amanda Craig, New Statesman

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kirsty was born in Essex and grew up in Hampshire. She has had a wide variety of jobs including bookselling, railway re-signalling, picking stones off conveyor belts, putting lids on perfume bottles and teaching Pilates. She now lives with her husband on top of a hill in Winchester.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Middler is a gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal set in a near-future world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nosy Crow Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1788003454
• ISBN 13: 9781788003452
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: WordUnited GmbH; distribution@wordunited.com; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Allemagne