Born Scared
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| Autore: |
Brooks Kevin
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| Titolo: |
Born Scared
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| Pubblicazione: | Electric Monkey |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823.92 |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Children's fiction |
| Mystery and detective stories | |
| Juvenile fiction | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The much anticipated follow-up title from the multi-award winning author of The Bunker Diary, recipient of the 2014 Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for young adults.Elliot is terrified of almost everything.From the moment he was born, his life has been governed by acute fear. The only thing that keeps his terrors in check are the pills that he takes every day.It's Christmas Eve, there's a snowstorm and Elliot's medication is almost gone. His mum nips out to collect his prescription. She'll only be 10 minutes - but shen she doesn't come back, Elliot must face his fears and try to find her. She should only be 400 metres away. It might as well be 400 miles...Born Scared joins the ranks of Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places, Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of A Funny Story, and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Whyas an example of teen fiction offering a frank and intelligent portrait of mental illness.Kevin Brookswas born in 1959.His first novel,Martyn Pig, was shortlisted fora 2002 Carnegie Medal and won the 2003Branford Boase Award. His second novel,Lucas, won the 2004 North East Book Award. In 2014 his novelThe Bunker Diarywas awarded the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Kevin lives in North Yorkshire. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Born Scared |
| ISBN: | 1-78031-685-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910150194103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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