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Wrecked

Louisa Reid author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Guppy Publishing Ltd

Published:1st Sep '22

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When Joe and Imogen are involved in a fatal accident, their relationship comes under scrutiny as a judge and jury, and the reader, must make a decision about who is culpable ...

A gripping novel in verse centred around a court case and the aftermath of a tragic fatal accident — out of Joe and Imogen, who is telling the truth?

SELECTED FOR 2021’s NATIONAL POETRY DAY
A RECOMMENDED READ FOR EMPATHY DAY 2022
Shortlisted for Warwickshire Book Award and the Wirral Book Awards
Longlisted for the Cumbria SLS Awards

Joe and Imogen seem like the perfect couple — they've been in a relationship for years and are the envy of their friends at school. But after accidentally becoming involved a tragic fatal accident, they become embroiled in a situation out of their control, and Joe and Imogen's relationship becomes slowly unravelled until the truth is out there for all to see ... Structured around a dramatic and tense court case, the reader becomes both judge and jury in a stunning and page-turning novel of uncovering secrets and lies — who can be believed?

A profoundly moving story about truth and love * Jenny Downham *
You'll be hard pressed to find a better verse, or YA novel doing the rounds. At times it read like a thriller, a tale of first/romantic love and loss; it is beautifully brutal as it is heartfelt and devastating ... the book evokes that sense of excitement, awkwardness and heartache of first love. * Brian Conaghan *
The novel explores emotional abuse in relationships, but where the young man is the victim – a story rarely told. This is a tense and pacey read, and like Joe, the reader is swept along in the speed of the story and struggles to fully compute the magnitude of Joe’s experience. * Hannah Sycamore, The Scotsman *
After reading Wrecked, I am the title. Ate it up in one gulp because I couldn't look away. Tragic, compelling, real, and beautifully written * Teri Terry *

ISBN: 9781913101879

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 220mm

Weight: 260g

320 pages