When I Was Joe - Couverture rigide

Keren-david

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ISBN 10 : 1847801315 ISBN 13 : 9781847801319

Editeur : Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2010

Synopsis

Book by David Keren

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

KEREN DAVID was brought up in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and went to school in Hatfield. She left school at 18 and got a job as a messenger girl on a newspaper. She was freelancing as a reporter on the old Fleet Street by her mid-twenties and, after living and working in Scotland for two years, was appointed as a news editor on the Independent at the age of 27.
She and her family then went to live in Amsterdam for eight years where she was editor in chief of a photo-journalism agency. On returning to the UK in 2007 she decided to attend a course on writing for children at
the City University. When I Was Joe started out as a project for that course. She lives in London with her husband and two children. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are Almost True, Another Life and Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery (9781847801913).

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Ty witnesses a stabbing, his own life is in danger from the criminals he s named, and he and his mum have to go into police protection. Ty has a new name, a new look and a cool new image life as Joe is good, especially when he gets talent spotted as a potential athletics star, special training from an attractive local celebrity and a lot of female attention. But his mum can t cope with her new life, and the gangsters will stop at nothing to flush them from hiding. Joe s cracking under extreme pressure, and then he meets a girl with dark secrets of her own. This wonderfully gripping and intelligent novel depicts Ty/Joe's confused sense of identity in a moving and funny story that teenage boys and girls will identify with - a remarkable debut from a great new writing talent. To follow Keren David's When I Was Joe blog, please click here

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847801315
• ISBN 13: 9781847801319
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible