The Double Shadow -Sally Gardner Children's Novel Book
The Double Shadow
Author: Sally GardnerPublisher: Indigo (an Imprint of Orion Children's)Category: Children's, FamilyAge Group: 10 to 14Book Format: PaperbackArnold Ruben has created a memory machine, a utopia housed in a picture palace, where the happiest memories replay forever, a haven in which he and his precious daughter can shelter from the war-clouds gathering over 1937 Britain. But on the day of her seventeenth birthday Amaryllis leaves Warlock Hall and the world she has known and wakes to find herself in a desolate and disturbing place. Something has gone terribly wrong with her father's plan.Against the tense backdrop of the second World War Sally Gardner explores families and what binds them, fathers and daughters, past histories, passions and cruelty, love and devastation in a novel rich in character and beautifully crafted.
About Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK. Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles. Her YA novel, The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift. Her website is www.sallygardner.net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner(BK-9781780621241)
| SKU | BK-9781780621241 |
| Barcode # | 9781780621241 |
| Brand | Indigo (an Imprint of Orion Children's) |
| Artist / Author | Sally Gardner |
| Shipping Weight | 0.4000kg |
| Shipping Width | 0.140m |
| Shipping Height | 0.030m |
| Shipping Length | 0.220m |
| Assembled Length | 21.600m |
| Assembled Height | 3.000m |
| Assembled Width | 13.600m |
| Type | Paperback |
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