When Mr Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan

ISBN 10: 1408838362 / ISBN 13: 9781408838365

Edité par Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London, 2014

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 Hilariously touching and outrageously unforgettable: Mark Haddons Christopher Boone meets Holden Caulfield on one *#@! of a journey. . . Dylan Mint has Tourettes. Being sixteen is hard enough, but Dylans life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed. But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that hes going to die next March. So he grants himself three parting wishes or Cool Things To Do Before I Cack It. But as Dylan sets out to make his wishes come true, he discovers that nothing and no-one is quite as he had previously supposed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR005940747

Synopsis :

Hilariously touching and outrageously unforgettable: Mark Haddon's Christopher Boone meets Holden Caulfield on one *#@! of a journey . . .

À propos de l?auteur:

Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow, and worked as a teacher for many years. His novel When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal. The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the 2016 Costa Children's Book Award, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen/YA Book of the Year, and We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal-winner Sarah Crossan, won the 2018 UKLA Book Award. Cardboard Cowboys, Brian's first middle-grade novel, published in 2021 and is full of his trademark heart, humour and crackling dialogue. Swimming on the Moon is his second middle-grade novel.
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Détails bibliographiques

Titre : When Mr Dog Bites
Éditeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London
Date d'édition : 2014
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good