Off the Road - Brossura

Bawden, Nina

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141311002 ISBN 13: 9780141311005

Casa editrice: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2001

Riassunto

When Tom's grandfather goes off the road, Tom summons all his courage to go after Gandy, but the strange, messy, emotional world Outside, where so many things prohibited to Insiders are taken for granted, challenges his perception of truth and self. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"For sci-fi buffs not yet ready to tackle Orwell's 1984, Bawden here introduces many of the same provocative issues for middle readers."--Publishers Weekly
 
"Through the characters' experiences, readers become aware of the rules and rewards of both societies and must grapple with issues of individual rights and freedoms and the sacrifices that are required to insure security. An interesting . . .  trip back to the future."--School Library Journal

"Tom, Gandy, and the family Outside capture and hold interest."--Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Nina Bawden was one of the UK's best writers for both adults and children. She often used her own childhood experiences in her books - Carrie's War is set in the mining valley in Wales where she lived as an evacuee in wartime. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford and finished her first novel the year after she took her degree. She won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for The Peppermint Pig.
Nina died in 2012, aged 87.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141311002
• ISBN 13: 9780141311005
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192