Melt

Informationen zum Autor Ele Fountain worked as an editor in children's publishing where she helped launch and nurture the careers of many prize-winning and bestselling authors. Ele's debut novel, Boy 87 (published in the US as Refugee 87), won four awards and was nominated for nine more, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Her novel Fake garnered teh 2024-2025 Sunshine State Award for Young Readers. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and two daughters. Klappentext A breathless adventure story of courage and survival in a warming climate, from the multi-award-winning author of Refugee 87 Yutu lives in a remote Arctic village with his elderly grandmother. Their traditional way of life is threatened by the changing snow and ice, which melts faster every year. Bea is trying to adapt to yet another new school. Worse still, her father's new job takes up any spare time, and his behaviour has become odd and secretive. On a trip she hopes will fix things, their fates take a drastic turn and Bea's life becomes entwined with Yutu's in a way she could never have imagined. Together, they become locked in a desperate race for survival. Zusammenfassung A breathless adventure story of courage and survival in a warming climate, from the multi-award-winning author of Boy 87 and Lost.

Product details

• Authors: Ele Fountain
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2021
• EAN: 9781782692881
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-288-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Adventure stories (Children's/YA), For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, General Fiction (Children's/Ya), Reading Age: From C 9 Years, Family & Home Stories (Children's/Ya), Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's/YA)