A beautiful love story and contemporary fairytale set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, this stunning and moving novel will break your heart, only to put it back together again! This is the story of Lina, a teenage girl from Baghdad. It starts in 2003, as the bombs begin to fall on the city. In it, Lina fights to survive, to find a life for herself amid the chaos of war, to find what happened to her mother in the years before the war, when she was taken away by the secret police. She also falls in love, with the one person she should never have fallen in love with. It is many things. It is a love story, both for a country and for a person. It is about an amazing girl, growing up in the worst circumstances imaginable. It contains a necklace, that was lost but might still be found. And that is all we can say, without ruining this extraordinary and beautiful modern fairy tale! Ages 13+.
"Debut novelist Kerry Drewery skilfully and sensitively brings the devastating effect of the war on ordinary citizens vividly to life in this tragic, touching and romantic story set in Iraq." - Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading4Kids "This is a moving and ultimately uplifting story which provides teenagers with an insight into the human tragedies behind the headlines. Recommended reading." - Families South West
Title: A Brighter Fear
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Kerry Drewery
ISBN 13: 9780007446575
ISBN 10: 0007446578
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books
Publication Date: 2/08/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Teenage romance
NBS Classification: Young Adult Fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC23)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 200g