Winter
by:
John Marsden (author)
An intense coming-of-age novel from internationally best-selling author John Marsden, now in paperback. For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act. She must head back to her old...
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An intense coming-of-age novel from internationally best-selling author John Marsden, now in paperback.
For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act. She must head back to her old home, where a pair of family tragedies forever altered her life. What she discovers is powerful and shocking -- but must be dealt with in order for life to go on.
This is the striking new novel from John Marsden, Australia's #1 best-selling author for teens, who is ready for his US breakthrough. It rings with hard truths that will resonate incredibly with YA readers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439368506 (0439368502)
Publish date: 2004-01-01
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
This is a really beautiful story. I read it in a day ( I know it's only short but still...) John Marsden creates convincing characters, ones who hold a lot of pain a depth at a very young age, which I think it's great to see. It's good to see so many books of young people doing fun and exciting th...