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Aftershocks

Anne Fine author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Old Barn Books

Published:10th Feb '22

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A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother. This modern fable – part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation – explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large.

a weird and wonderful triumph; a challenging, powerful book – this is Fine at her very best.

The Times Children's Book of the Week, February 2022

-- Alex O'Connell * The Times *

This is a book with the potential to heal. – Sunday Times Book of the Week

-- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *

A remarkable novel which defies easy categorisation.

Aftershocks is a book of contradictions. It is at once familiar, yet otherworldly. It is a ghost story yet is rooted in real and highly relatable emotions. It's ambition and scope are large, yet at once it explores the intimacy of personal grief. Books of the Year 2022

* Books for Kee

  • Short-listed for NE Teen Books Award (UK).
  • Short-listed for Badger Book Awards: Best New Books (UK).
  • Long-listed for York Book Award (UK).
  • Nominated for Yoto Carnegie Prize for Writing (UK).

ISBN: 9781910646779

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

288 pages