Furious Thing
Format:Hardback
Publisher:David Fickling Books
Published:3rd Oct '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Bestselling author Jenny Downham (Before I Die) has created a timely masterpiece that captures the true feelings of a teenage girl in a difficult, troubling and all-too-common situation.
Anger was something to believe in when the world let her down. Furious Thing roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard . . . Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her step-father would accept her, her mum would love her like she used to and her step-brother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly she determines to swallow her anger and make her family proud. But pushing fury down doesn't make it disappear. Instead, it simmers below the surface waiting to erupt. There'll be fireworks when it does.
This book is furiously brilliant * Holly Bourne *
Breathtakingly good * Lisa Williamson *
A wise, gripping and skilfully told story . . . It gives permission to rage where fury is warranted * Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Week *
A painfully enthralling, fiercely feminist account of emotional abuse and appropriate rage * Guardian *
Masterpiece * Financial Times *
Piercingly well-observed * Financial Times *
Powerful * Observer *
Best Books of the Year 2019 * Financial Times *
Best Books of the Year 2019 * Sunday Times *
Best Books of the Year 2019 * Irish Times *
One of the best YAs I have EVER READ. Full of feminist righteousness, this is a book I wish I had read when I was 16 * Charlotte Eyre *
It shows how we all have the power to protect ourselves, to stand together, to stand for what's right if we embrace our anger and fury, and refuse to let despair and sadness win * Happiful Magazine *
The sort of YA that the industry should be aiming for * Minerva Reads *
- Short-listed for Costa Children's Book Award 2020
- Short-listed for YA Book Prize 2020
- Long-listed for UKLA Book Awards 2021
ISBN: 9781788450980
Dimensions: 214mm x 144mm x 34mm
Weight: 507g
368 pages