Dead Girls by Abigail Tarttelin
When her best friend is killed, eleven year-old Thera turns detective but has no idea what she's getting herself into . . .
Harriet the Spy is all grown up – and readying herself to take on the darkness of the adult worldThis somehow manages to combine mystery, thriller, horror, and a lovely elegy to lost friendship . . . Completely unforgettable -- Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Feminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphanies -- Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee and Vigilante
The things we tell young girls to keep them safe might be the most dangerous of all . . . An utterly compelling page-turner that will stay with me for a long time -- Samantha Baines
Enid Blyton meets Stephen King -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You and Starling Days
Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book -- S J Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep, on Golden Boy
Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy
Gripping. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller -- Matt Haig, author of The Humans and How to Stop Time, on Golden Boy
Feminist, bold, shocking, packed with little epiphanies -- Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee and Vigilante
The things we tell young girls to keep them safe might be the most dangerous of all . . . An utterly compelling page-turner that will stay with me for a long time -- Samantha Baines
Enid Blyton meets Stephen King -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You and Starling Days
Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book -- S J Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep, on Golden Boy
Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy
Gripping. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller -- Matt Haig, author of The Humans and How to Stop Time, on Golden Boy
A resident of Hackney, Abigail enjoys karaoke, Netflix, tea, learning languages, women-fronted rock bands, and kickarse female characters. Dead Girls is her third novel. Her second novel Golden Boy, published in seven languages to date, was a recipient of a 2014 American Library Association ALEX award for stories with special importance for teen readers, as well as a finalist for the Best Debut LGBT Fiction LAMBDA Award in the same year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509852765 |
| ISBN 10 | 150985276X |
| Title | Dead Girls |
| Author | Abigail Tarttelin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2019-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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