LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Joanne Owen's Pick of the Year 2015 “Words scare me, the lies and the truth, so I decided to stop using them,” so declares Tess, the troubled heroine of this remarkable novel about alienation, family conflict, the often cruel dynamics of school and, ultimately, the struggle to find one’s place.
Everything changes for Tess when she uncovers an earthshattering family secret. With her whole life pulled apart and seemingly founded on a lie, Tess makes a stand by retreating into selective mutism, thus the voice she’s always used to please others is transformed into a form of rebellion. In place of conversing with people, Tess communicates with the fish-shaped torch she bought when planning to run away. But while Tess withdraws into herself, the outside world becomes increasingly hostile.
Always inimitable and never confined by convention or recourse to cliché, Annabel Pitcher’s protagonists are consistently created with insight and honesty, warts and all, and Silence is Goldfish is an unforgettable novel. ~ Joanne Owen
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Silence is Goldfish Synopsis
The third YA novel from the bestselling and prizewinning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece and Ketchup Clouds, in which Tessie-T discovers she's a Pluto and her parents wanted a Mercury or Venus, at least. She has never really felt she fitted in and after what she read one night on her father's blog she knows for certain that she never will. How she deals with her discovery makes an entirely riveting, heart-breaking story told through Tess's eyes as she tries to find her place in the world.
My name is Tess Turner - at least, that's what I've always been told. I have a voice but it isn't mine. It used to say things so I'd fit in, to please my parents, to please my teachers. It used to tell the universe I was something I wasn't. It lied. It never occurred to me that everyone else was lying too. But the words that really hurt weren't the lies: it was six hundred and seventeen words of truth that turned my world upside down. Words scare me, the lies and the truth, so I decided to stop using them. I am Pluto. Silent. Inaccessible. Billions of miles away from everything I thought I knew.
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9781780620008 |
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1st October 2015 |
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Annabel Pitcher |
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Indigo (an Imprint of Orion Children's) an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
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Hardback |
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Press Reviews
Annabel Pitcher Press Reviews
This amazing story is very well written and easy to read, as always! As with Ketchup Clouds, I would recommend this book to teenagers from about the age of fourteen who are just beginning to experience love, betrayal, recklessness and loneliness. The book immediately feels like a Pitcher novel and her beautiful writing style is what really makes it enjoyable. GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
This novel is both heart-breaking and hilarious. Tess is a fabulous protagonist, a strong, outgoing girl who tries her hardest to please those around her, yet one who deals with daily bullying on account of her size and unconventional looks. Her journey of self-discovery is incredibly difficult and you cannot help but cheer her on every step of the way. It is exceptionally well written and an absolute joy to read. BOOK TRUST
Strong in substance and originality, Pitcher continues to bring boldness and uniqueness to YA WE LOVE THIS BOOK
More sad, funny and relatable family dynamic storytelling from Annabel Pitcher THE BOOKBAG
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