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Paperback448 pages
Author's Website
www.sophiemckenziebooks.comPublisher
Simon & Schuster LtdPublication date
7th July 2008ISBN
9781847382757Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Blood Ties
Sophie Mckenzie
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RRP: £6.99 Saving £1.75 (25%)Julia Eccleshare's comment:
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2009. Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake as they foil the plot of a group of extremists and get to the heart of their own identities. Sophie McKenzie holds the reader by the power of her storytelling.
The Lovereading comment:
Fast-action plots are the hallmark of this author’s thrillers and her debut Girl, Missing was the Richard and Judy Children’s winner in 2007. Blood Ties won’t disappoint either and will give you an adrenalin rush on every page. It’s compulsive and thought-provoking in equal measure and it raises issues about cloning and identity.
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Synopsis
Blood Ties by Sophie MckenzieWhen Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering - at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers and taken to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways...
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'Sophie's thrillers are brilliant, you never know what's on the next page and you can't stop reading until you find out.' Robert Muchamore
About The Author
Sophie McKenzie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives. She has worked as a journalist and an editor and goes boxing in her spare time. Girl, Missing, her debut novel, won the Richard and Judy Best Kids’ Books 2007 12+, The Red House Book Award 2007 for Older Readers and the Bolton Book Award.
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