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The Opposite of Amber

Autor Gillian Philip
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 apr 2011 – vârsta de la 12 ani
'They found the fifth girl right after the snow melted . . . the place where he left her was winter water, crazed with ice-feathers and dusted with snow. The traces from her body were gone, the ones that said his name, but she had an extra skin of ice that protected her and she looked perfect, like Snow White.'Ruby and her older sister, Jinn, are on their own, just about making ends meet. Jinn is beautiful, with glittering blonde hair, and makes it her business to look after Ruby. They are horrified by, but try to ignore, the local newspaper stories of prostitutes who are murdered, their bodies eventually discovered underwater. Then the no-good Nathan Baird turns up on the scene - again - and Jinn starts to change and no longer has time to look after Ruby. And it seems to Ruby that Jinn herself needs looking after. Her beautiful glittering hair starts to lose its shine. And then Jinn disappears.A deeply moving, chilling, and incredibly powerful thriller that celebrates the love two sisters have for each other and mourns the events beyond their control that will conspire to drive them apart.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747599920
ISBN-10: 0747599920
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Children's Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Part murder-mystery and part a poignant exploration of two sisters' love for each other; a potent combination

Notă biografică

This is Gillian Philip's second novel for Bloomsbury, her first being Crossing the Line, which was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her first YA novel Bad Faith, was published by a small Scottish publishers. Gillian Philip lives in Elgin in the north of Scotland.

Recenzii

Praise for Crossing the Line:

'An uncompromising exploration of the ruthless Darwinian world of teenagers. It's tough, rough-textured and assured, cynical where it needs to be, and demands respect'
'Bleakly humorous, imbuing a difficult subject matter with warmth, intelligence and compassion'
Praise for The Opposite of Amber:

'It's beautifully written, tense and absorbing, and we can't recommend it highly enough'
'Gillian Phillips just gets better and better. I suspect there is nothing she can't write about. And I suspect there is nothing I won't read if it's by Gillian'

Descriere

A powerful, gritty contemporary novel about Ruby and her beautiful older sister Jinn who are both drawn into a tragedy not of their making, from a Carnegie-Medal-nominated author