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On an East Anglian beach, a fragile wooden hut is harried daily by the sea. Until the day, one 16-year-old boy stops and comes face to face with the hut's owner: enigmatic, beguiling, and beautiful Finn. The hut and the beach - but most of all Finn - provide a haven away from the petty rules and bullies. But they also hold a mysterious secret.
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Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards
Rosoff's most perfect novel ... it's already a classic (Sunday Times)
Mordantly funny and searingly well written (The Times)
An engrossing, haunting story of first love, friendship and betrayal (Herald)
Thrilling (Observer)
A coming-of-age novel that sucks the reader into its universe (Time Out)
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Rosoff's most perfect novel ... it's already a classic (Sunday Times)
Mordantly funny and searingly well written (The Times)
An engrossing, haunting story of first love, friendship and betrayal (Herald)
Thrilling (Observer)
A coming-of-age novel that sucks the reader into its universe (Time Out)
'I am a century old, an impossible age, and my brain has no anchor in the present. Instead it drifts, nearly always to the same shore: the year I discovered love'. In the early sixties on an East Anglian beach, a fragile wooden hut is harried daily by the sea. It is ignored by the boys from the nearby boarding school who stumble past on their birch-enforced runs. Until the day, one sixteen-year-old boy stops and comes face to face with the hut's owner: enigmatic, beguiling, and beautiful Finn. The hut and the beach - but most of all Finn - provide a haven away from the petty rules and bullies. But they also hold a mysterious, fragile secret. A secret that will be tested by friendship, growing adolescent love and the terrifying fury of the sea.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0141038314
- ISBN 13 9780141038315
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. Meg Rossoff's compelling novel for teen readers is now published in a paperback adult edition. Set in the early sixties, it is a coming-of-age story, set on the East Anglian coast, where a fragile wooden hut is battered daily by the sea. Our narrator encounters the hut's owner - the enigmatic and beautiful Finn - and a haunting tale of first love, friendship and betrayal ensues. - Nombre de page(s) : - Poids : 146g - Genre : Non attribué / Foires aux livres. Seller Inventory # O3821202-666
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