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Overview'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now' Patrick Ness Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree, is a fantastically eerie and beautifully written novel, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. The first things to shift were the doll's eyes, the beautiful grey-green glass eyes. Slowly they swivelled, until their gaze was resting on Triss's face. Then the tiny mouth moved, opened to speak. 'What are you doing here?' It was uttered in tones of outrage and surprise, and in a voice as cold and musical as the clinking of cups. 'Who do you think you are? This is my family.' When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family - before it's too late . . . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frances HardingePublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books Edition: New Edition Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9781509868155ISBN 10: 1509868151 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 22 March 2018 Recommended Age: From 12 to 16 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA deliciously sinister read full of mayhem and menace. Frances Hardinge is a very powerful and poetic writer – weaving a very dark and magical tale to entrance and enthral her readers. * Guardian * An enticing mystery from the first page . . . The story, full of tension and danger, explores grief, revenge and forgiveness as well as misguided parenting and sibling rivalry. * Sunday Times * An enticing mystery from the first page . . . The story, full of tension and danger, explores grief, revenge and forgiveness as well as misguided parenting and sibling rivalry. * Sunday Times * A deliciously sinister read full of mayhem and menace. Frances Hardinge is a very powerful and poetic writer - weaving a very dark and magical tale to entrance and enthral her readers. * Guardian * A deliciously sinister read full of mayhem and menace. Frances Hardinge is a very powerful and poetic writer - weaving a very dark and magical tale to entrance and enthral her readers. * Guardian * An enticing mystery from the first page . . . The story, full of tension and danger, explores grief, revenge and forgiveness as well as misguided parenting and sibling rivalry. * Sunday Times * Author InformationFrances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, by this time a persistent friend had finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. Known for her beautiful use of language, she has since written many critically acclaimed novels, including Verdigris Deep, Cuckoo Song and the Costa Award-winning The Lie Tree. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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