Scavengers

di Darren Simpson (Autore)

Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2019

A unique coming-of-age story with a jaw-dropping secret at its heart, Scavengers is an unforgettable, contemporary twist on The Jungle Book meets Stig of the Dump. "Extraordinary...a hugely compassionate and sophisticated novel about inclusion and exclusion." - The Observer "Stayed with me long after I finished it...a hard-to-put-down tale of tweenage derring-do." - The Guardian A Guardian/Observer Best Book of the Year Nominated for the Northern Ireland Book Award A School Librarian Best Book by a Debut Author Selected for the Summer Reading Challenge Selected for Empathy Lab's Read for Empathy Collection Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflings, swimming with turtles and feasting on whatever he can catch. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition. Follow Babagoo's rules. And the most important rule of all is NEVER go beyond the wall. But Landfill longs to venture Outside. And some rules are made to be broken. Darren Simpson's exhilarating storytelling will make you think about the world differently in this urgent, compelling tale for our times.

• Autore: Darren Simpson
• Editore: Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 200 x 141 mm
• Peso: 270 gr.
• EAN: 9781474956024

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