Bearmouth
Liz Hyder
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labor and isolation, where daylight is a distant memory. Newt has lived in the mine since the age of four, and accepts everything from the harsh working conditions to the brutality of the overseers--until the mysterious Devlin arrives and Newt begins to ask "Why?" Against a background of creeping violence and rising tensions, this question drives a chain of events that confronts the pitiless Bearmouth system and threatens to destroy their entire world. With an utterly distinctive voice and propulsive storytelling, this darkly atmospheric thriller announces the arrival of a singular new talent in young adult literature.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Publish Date
September 08, 2020
Pages
256
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.2 X 0.9 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781324015864
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About the Author
LIZ HYDER is a writer and creative workshop leader. She has been part of Writing West Midlands's Room 204 writer development programme since 2016. In early 2018, she won The Bridge Award/Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award. Named The Times Children's Book of the Year in 2019, her debut, Bearmouth, was also the Waterstones Children's Book for Older Readers 2020 and the winner of the Branford Boase Award 2020. It has also been shortlisted for the UKLA Awards and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021. Originally from London, she now lives in South Shropshire in a small medieval market town surrounded by hills, books and plants. The Gifts is her adult debut.
Reviews
This grim and immersive thriller delivers suspense in the dark.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[An] excellent fantasy debut....A mythic tale with the feel of a fable, one in which the young and vulnerable take on the powerful and mighty.-- "Guardian"
A book about bravery in extremis by a writer as courageous as they come.-- "Times (UK)"
Delving into politics, religion, power, and revolution--especially during a time of our own civil unrest--Hyder's bleak world of dangerous coal mines and brutal labor provides the victorious ending we're yearning for.-- "Booklist"
Readers should relish Hyder's ambitious, atmospherically rendered commentary on oppressive work situations and child labor.-- "Publishers Weekly"
[An] excellent fantasy debut....A mythic tale with the feel of a fable, one in which the young and vulnerable take on the powerful and mighty.-- "Guardian"
A book about bravery in extremis by a writer as courageous as they come.-- "Times (UK)"
Delving into politics, religion, power, and revolution--especially during a time of our own civil unrest--Hyder's bleak world of dangerous coal mines and brutal labor provides the victorious ending we're yearning for.-- "Booklist"
Readers should relish Hyder's ambitious, atmospherically rendered commentary on oppressive work situations and child labor.-- "Publishers Weekly"
