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Description for One Crow Alone
Paperback. The prequel to the Branford Boase shortlisted After the Snow, now in paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: YFG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 138 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
The long, bitter winters are getting worse, and a state of emergency has been declared across Europe. In Poland, where fifteen-year-old Magda lives, there are frequent power cuts and fuel shortages. After the death of her grandmother and the evacuation of her village, Magda joins forces with the arrogant, handsome Ivan and smuggles her way on to a truck bound for London, where she hopes to find her mother. But London, when they reach it, is a nightmarish and far-from-welcoming world. Riots are commonplace, and the growing chaos is exploited by criminals and terrorists alike. Magda's mother is nowhere be ... Read more
The long, bitter winters are getting worse, and a state of emergency has been declared across Europe. In Poland, where fifteen-year-old Magda lives, there are frequent power cuts and fuel shortages. After the death of her grandmother and the evacuation of her village, Magda joins forces with the arrogant, handsome Ivan and smuggles her way on to a truck bound for London, where she hopes to find her mother. But London, when they reach it, is a nightmarish and far-from-welcoming world. Riots are commonplace, and the growing chaos is exploited by criminals and terrorists alike. Magda's mother is nowhere be ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447202455
SKU
KTG0007667
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About S. D. Crockett
Sophie Crockett was brought up on a yacht as her parents circumnavigated the globe. She now divides her time between Portobello Road, London, and the beech forests of the Montagne Noire of Southern France. Sophie speaks French and Russian, and her experiences in far-flung places inform much of her writing. She is married to the artist Timothy Shepard and has ... Read more
Reviews for One Crow Alone
'An idiosyncratic thriller. This is a dark chronicle of a bleak, violent world [. . .] Yet there is also a thread about love, hope and courage . . . ' – Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 'Harrowing but hopeful . . . After the Snow is being mentioned in the same breath as The Hunger Games.' – ... Read more