 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
JUST IN CASE
|
| By: |
Meg Rosoff |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£8.99 |
| Our price: |
£6.56 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£2.43 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0141318066 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141318066 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 3 available |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2007 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
What if Fate were out to get you? The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. He must hide and become an entirely new person to escape Fate - if he can. This stunning, thought-provoking and darkly comic novel for teenage readers was one of the most eagerly awaited books of 2006, and is now available here in paperback. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal, the captivating and darkly-comic novel Just in Case is a thrilling coming-of-age story - described by The Times as a modern The Catcher in the Rye - from the bestselling author of How I Live Now Meg Rosoff. Every minute of every day, a million things happen . . . The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. Suddenly, every moment is fizzing with what-if's, and it's up to David to outwit fate. Or try to. He changes his name and the way he looks. He leaves home and finds himself caught up in a series of strange and extraordinary adventures. He even falls in love.But is David really in control of his life? And if he isn't - who is?'Unusual and engrossing' - Independent'Outstanding' - The Times'Intelligent, ironic and darkly funny' - Sunday TimesBestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, The Bride's Farewell and What I Was, which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff. |
| Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 3 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Carnegie Medal 2007
Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|