Beck by Mal Peet
From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming.Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work on a farm, from which he eventually escapes. Finally in charge of his own destiny, Beck starts westward, crossing the border into America and back, all while the Great Depression rages on. What will it take for Beck to understand the agonies of his childhood and realize that love is possible?
Meg Rosoff (www.megrosoff.co.uk) grew up in Boston and now lives with her husband and daughter in London. Her first book, How I Live Now, won the Michael L. Printz Award. The book received the Printz Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Just in Case, her second novel, earned the CILIP Carnegie Award in 2007 and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Rosoff's third novel, What I Was, was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award in 2008. There Is No Dog, her previous Penguin novel, garnered four starred reviews.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780763678425 |
| ISBN 10 | 0763678422 |
| Title | Beck |
| Author | Mal Peet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2017-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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