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THE EDGE
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| By: |
Alan Gibbons, Roland Smith |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1842550942 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781842550946 |
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Currently 24 available |
| Publisher: |
HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2002 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Crackling with tension, THE EDGE is a novel about a mother and son desperate to start a new life. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the Angus Book Award, THE EDGE is crackly with tension. How will this mother and son escape their abuser and start a new life? We've got to go. Now. It's early morning and Danny's mother is at his bedside, urging him to get up. They're on the run from Chris, his mother's boyfriend, a violent man who beats them both up, and won't let them go. Chris pursues Danny and his mother from London to the north, where they take refuge with Danny's grandparents. But even there, nothing is safe. Danny is conspicuous as the only mixed-race boy in their small community, and with the ever-present threat of discovery, he has to learn how to live continually on the edge. A tense and chilling story with terrific drama, THE EDGE shows the depth of character and the understanding of the predicaments of children today that gives Alan Gibbons his special quality. |
| Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 3 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2003
Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2003
Short-listed for LA Carnegie Medal 2003 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |