Saint Death
shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Media 2018
$32.22
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2017
Summary
A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning and CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD and GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick.
Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez - twenty metres outside town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one such trying to escape from the gang he’s be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444011258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444011251 |
| Author: | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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I really enjoyed Marcus Sedgwick’s strange and intriguing tale, told in rhythmical and compelling prose. - David Almond
I really enjoyed Marcus Sedgwick’s strange and intriguing tale, told in rhythmical and compelling prose. - David Almond
About The Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick (8 Apr 1968 - 15 Nov 2022) was the winner of many prizes, most notably the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for his novel Midwinterblood. Marcus also received two Printz Honors, for Revolver in 2011 and The Ghosts of Heaven in 2016, giving him the most citations to date for America’s most prestigious book prize for writing for young adults. Other notable award-winning books include Floodland, Marcus’ first novel, which won the Branford-Boase Award in 2001; My Swordhand is Singing, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize for 2007, and Lunatics and Luck, part of The Raven Mysteries series, which won a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.
Marcus’ books have been shortlisted for over forty other awards, including the Carnegie Medal (seven times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (four times). He has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Marcus was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, reviewed for The Guardian newspaper and taught creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd. He judged numerous books awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Costa Book Awards.
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