Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2014 Winter Damage is set not very far from the here and now, in a world where things have fallen apart. It is a poetic, chilling and moving debut that will embrace you in its icy grip then thaw you from the heart out.
It is a book that Rebecca McNally, Publishing Director for Bloomsbury Children’s Books, loved on first reading and feels is a future classic - download a Piece of Passion from Rebecca here.
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In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Winter Damage a small number of teenagers were lucky enough to be invited to review this title. Here's a taster....'Winter Damage is an intense, emotional and soul searching story following fifthteen year-old Ennor who is desperate to find her long lost mum.'
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*Shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase Award* On a frozen Cornish moor, a fourteen-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her dad and little brother. Ennor’s mother left years ago, when things started to go wrong – and gradually their world has fallen apart. Now her father’s gravely ill, school has closed, and Ennor knows they’re going to take her brother away if things don’t pick up soon.
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*Shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase Award* On a frozen Cornish moor, a fourteen-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her dad and little brother. Ennor’s mother left years ago, when things started to go wrong – and gradually their world has fallen apart.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Winter Damage and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
Winter Damage features in the following genres: Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Winter Damage was written by Natasha Carthew and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Winter Damage has 320 pages