THE BOMBS THAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER

Brian Conaghan

ISBN 10: 1408855747 / ISBN 13: 9781408855744

Edité par Bloomsbury, London, 2016

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Carnegie-shortlisted author of 'When Mr Dog Bites'. ***First impression of the true first edition with full number-string sequence on the publisher's prelims copyright page, including the no. "1": 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. ***Please note that the orange front free endpaper has been removed. The surface of the upper part of the front pastedown adjoining the spine where the ffep has been removed has also torn, showing the white underneath, instead of the orange [see scan]. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright orange front and rear pastedowns. Bright orange rear free endpaper. Pages clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £12.99. Tiny loss and rubbing to top corner of rear panel of dustwrapper. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. 224mm x 140mm. 361 pages. ***'Charlie has always lived in Little Town. It's home: the curfew, the Regime, the thugs, the poverty. He knows the rules. Then he meets Pavel. Scrawny, sweary, with fierce blue eyes, he is a refugee from Old Country. The wrongest person in the whole place to choose as a friend. But when the bombs come the rules of Little Town change. Country or friend? Trust or betrayal? Future or past? Right or wrong: Charlie must choose.'' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***A good reading copy of the first impression of the true first edition in its original dustwrapper. Winner of the2016 Children's Costa Book Award. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE BOMBS THAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER
• Éditeur: Bloomsbury, London
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1408855747
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781408855744
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Children's Literature
  • First Editions

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Synopsis

A powerful, warm, funny and moving novel from the author of When Mr Dog Bites. The story of two friends, one shed, a war and a terrible choice. Perfect for readers of John Boyne, Patrick Ness and Malorie Blackman

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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