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The Road of Bones
Anne Fine
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Description for The Road of Bones
Paperback. Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible? Num Pages: 256 pages, No. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 186.
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible . . . ?
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible . . . ?
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552554930
SKU
V9780552554930
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Ref
99-99
About Anne Fine
Anne Fine has been an acknowledged top author in the children's book world since her first book was published in the mid l970s, and has now written more than forty books and won virtually every major award going, including the Carnegie Medal (more than once), the Whitbread Children's Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize and others. The ... Read more
Reviews for The Road of Bones
This ambitious book is a rare achievement . . . Subtle, stimulating and morally complex but it is also evocative and convincing: we feel keenly the chill of both soulless hegemony and its frozen wastes
The Sunday Times
It carries lessons to be re-assimilated by young readers - how society can be deceived, how people can become powerless ... Read more
The Sunday Times
It carries lessons to be re-assimilated by young readers - how society can be deceived, how people can become powerless ... Read more