Blade, 1: Playing Dead - Softcover

Bowler, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019275484X ISBN 13: 9780192754844

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

So what am I going to tell you? Not much so don't get excited. You probably want to know my name. Well, that's a bit of a problem. I got loads. But there is one name I like. Everybody called me it in the old days. No one does now cos no one in this city knows it. And that's fine. I don't like to remember. But I do like the name. You can use it if you want. BLADE. From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Frozen Fire comes something completely different - the first title in a startlingly compelling new series. Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the secret, dangerous life of its unforgettable narrator. This thrilling new series for teenagers combines an enormously likable and engaging central character with the harsh realities of street life and the youth gang culture that is so prevalent in today's news. The mysteries and cliffhanger endings of these short, accessible books will have the power to tempt all readers as they gradually become absorbed into Blade's dangerous world.

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Review

'...gasp-inducing chapter ends... capacity to make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.' (Frozen Fire, 2006) -- The Sunday Times

'Tim Bowler consistently produces some of the most readable and original fiction available to teenagers today' -- Askews Library Review

'Tim Bowler is master of the psychological thriller' -- Sunday Telegraph

'One of the truly individual voices in British teenage fiction'
--The Independent

Book Description

A startlingly compelling new series from one of the UK's top writers for teenagers.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019275484X
• ISBN 13: 9780192754844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160