A01=Malorie Blackman
Author_Malorie Blackman
black women writers
books for nine year-olds
bullying
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childhood emotional challenges
coming of age
contemporary fiction
coping
coping with loss
diverse fiction
emotional healing journey
emotional journey
engaging mystery for children
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exciting
family dynamics
family mystery thriller
friendship
friendship bonds
identity exploration
kids books
middle grade
middle school relationships
overcoming
peer relationships story
personal growth
reading club selection
scrapbook memories
secrets
social issues
strong girls
thrilling
troubled
troubled youth
young readers fiction
Product details
- ISBN 9780330446235
- Weight: 144g
- Dimensions: 129 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 2006
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Gemma longs for her lost mother, taking comfort from the cuttings in her scrapbook; pictures of mothers who loved their children come what may.
Mike is new to the area; a boy with a terrible secret to hide. A secret about his missing mother.
Gemma and Mike - two kids hurt by their past and now inextricably linked. Their effect on each other's lives will be explosive.
The recently appointed Children’s Laureate, Malorie Blackman, is the author of the multi-award-winning Noughts and Crosses series, which deals with issues of race and ethnic identity. Her latest novel is Noble Conflict. She has written more than 60 books for children and teenagers, including Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and adapted into a BAFTA-winning television series. Blackman is particularly celebrated for writing about a diverse range of characters, including those who are often marginalised in society, such as teenage fathers in her novel Boys Don't Cry. In 2008 she was honoured with an OBE for her services to children's literature and became the Waterstones Children’s Laureate in June 2013.
