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2nd June 2011ISBN
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Momentum
Saci Lloyd
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One of the 8 titles longlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011.
Momentum is an action-packed thriller with a warm heart but a disturbing message of what can happen in a broken society. The setting is a disintegrating London in a not too distant future. Power supplies are unreliable and the streets are unsafe. Factions rule the city and there is constant danger from the Kossaks who shoot freely as they keep the peace violently. Teenager Hunter is one of the privileged Citizens but he searches for a life with more meaning in the run-down homes of the Outsiders. Hunter's involvement brings great risks but through it he learns the importance of real feelings.
Titles longlisted for the 2011 Guardian Children's Book Prize:
My Name is Mina by David Almond
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge
Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout by Andy Stanton
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Synopsis
Momentum by Saci LloydLondon, the near future. Energy wars are flaring across the globe - oil prices have gone crazy, regular power cuts are a daily occurrence. The cruel Kossak soldiers prowl the streets, keeping the Outsiders - the poor, the disenfranchised - in check. Hunter is a Citizen: one of the privileged of society, but with his passion for free running and his rebel friend Leo he cannot help but be fascinated by the Outsiders. So when he meets Outsider Uma, he is quickly drawn into their world - and into an electrifying and dangerous race to protect everything they hold dear. A hugely exciting dystopian thriller from the immensely talented Costa-shortlisted author Saci Lloyd.
Reviews
Praise for Momentum:
'A brilliantly imagined future
London, a brutal race against time and a tender love story make this an
unmissable novel ... Highly recommended.' The Bookseller
'..I loved it. And I couldn't wait to turn the page and find out what happened.' - Catriona Spense, 13, one of the Guardian Young Critics' Prize winners for 2011.
Praise for The Carbon Diaries 2015:
'Much more than a clanging gong signalling the end of days, this is a charming tale full of laughs and angst, with a message both accessible and relevant to today's teenagers.' - Bookseller's Choice, Publishing News
'an uproarious, scathing and pathos-filled romp - Adrian Mole does the apocalypse.' - Financial Times
'A daunting vision of global chaos.' Books for Keeps
About The Author
Saci Lloyd has worked as a script editor for Camouflage Films, where she was involved in several projects including a $20m Columbia Tri-Star co-production, Amy Foster. She is now head of Media at a Sixth Form College.
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