"Strong characters, an emotional story exploring love, guit, secrets and loss that will keep you reading"
Award-winning author Annabel Pitcher’s new teen novel is a taut and dramatic adventure with a deep yearning at its heart. Ketchup Clouds vividly captures the terrifying roller coaster of emotion that envelopes Zoe when she gets caught in a tragic love triangle between two brothers. Zoe’s heart races for the mysterious Aaron but, despite his seeming keenness, he already has a girlfiend. And then there is younger brother Max, unattached and very keen on Zoe. How can Zoe manage her own feelings without hurting the boys especially when she’s also coping with puzzling dramas at home?
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Full of heartache yet humour, Zoe tells her secret through a story in the only way she can - in letters to the man in prison in America. Armed with a pen, Zoe takes a deep breath, eats a jam sandwich, and begins her tale of love and betrayal. From the author of the award-winning My Sister Lives on a Mantelpiece this is a novel that will really make you think.
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Leeds Book Awards 2014
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Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Ketchup Clouds and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
Ketchup Clouds features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Books of the Month, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels
Ketchup Clouds is available in Paperback, Hardback
Ketchup Clouds was written by Annabel Pitcher and published by Indigo (an Imprint of Orion Children's) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
Ketchup Clouds has 308 pages
£8.99