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For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & GCSE, Interest age: from c 11 years, Fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teen, Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Chi
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Hodder Children's Books
- Paperback Jun 9, 2015 | 9781444922134 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 18, 2016 | 9781444937169 | RRP $21.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 2, 2014 | 9781444924756 | RRP $9.99 Buy Now
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Hodder Children's Books
- Paperback Jun 9, 2015 | 9781444922134 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 18, 2016 | 9781444937169 | RRP $21.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 2, 2014 | 9781444924756 | RRP $9.99 Buy Now
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Hodder Children's Books
- Paperback Jun 9, 2015 | 9781444922134 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 18, 2016 | 9781444937169 | RRP $21.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 2, 2014 | 9781444924756 | RRP $9.99 Buy Now
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The epic new novel by David Almond
I'm the one who's left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both... knew how they lived and how they died.
Claire is Ella Grey's best friend. She's there when the whirlwind arrives on the scene: catapulted into a North East landscape of gutted shipyards; of high arched bridges and ancient collapsed mines. She witnesses a love so dramatic it is as if her best friend has been captured and taken from her. But the loss of her friend to the arms of Orpheus is nothing compared to the loss she feels when Ella is taken from the world. This is her story - as she bears witness to a love so complete; so sure, that not even death can prove final.
Praise for A Song for Ella Grey
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This is absolutely beautiful and quite possibly my favourite Almond novel to date. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is retold against a wild Northumbrian landscape: life, death, love and myths. Just wonderful. - The Bookseller
David Almond
David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix SorciA res (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.
David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.
www.davidalmond.com
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