Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
The critically-acclaimed psychological novel about what happens when a young teenager decides to become a different person.
Powerfully written.. don't expect to be able to put Inventing Elliot down * Time Out *
Chilling, powerfully written and occasionally disturbing * Irish Times *
An extraordinary novel ... powerful and intense * Birmingham Post *
Taut with menace from the very first page * The Daily Telegraph *
Taut and compelling * Financial Times *
A compulsively readable story * Time Out *
Astonishingly good * Bristol Evening Post *
A powerful first novel full of psychological realism * The Bookseller *
Marks the arrival of an important new talent ... the journey the story takes always surprises and sometimes shocks with its intensity * The Bookseller *
Elliot's dilemma makes riveting reading * The Children's Bookseller *
A highly intelligent book * Ireland on Sunday *
Best first novel of the year, without a doubt * The Scotsman *
A stunning debut novel ... deeply satisfying and absorbing * Children's Books, Ireland Magazine *
Intensely written and utterly gripping * The Tablet *
Chilling, powerfully written and occasionally disturbing * Irish Times *
An extraordinary novel ... powerful and intense * Birmingham Post *
Taut with menace from the very first page * The Daily Telegraph *
Taut and compelling * Financial Times *
A compulsively readable story * Time Out *
Astonishingly good * Bristol Evening Post *
A powerful first novel full of psychological realism * The Bookseller *
Marks the arrival of an important new talent ... the journey the story takes always surprises and sometimes shocks with its intensity * The Bookseller *
Elliot's dilemma makes riveting reading * The Children's Bookseller *
A highly intelligent book * Ireland on Sunday *
Best first novel of the year, without a doubt * The Scotsman *
A stunning debut novel ... deeply satisfying and absorbing * Children's Books, Ireland Magazine *
Intensely written and utterly gripping * The Tablet *
Graham Gardner is the second of ten children. He has worked as a bookseller, waiter, civil servant and is now an academic researcher in the Institute of Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, specialising in monitoring and analysing long term trends in the UK countryside. He is also a keen musician, playing rock and classical piano.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842552087 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842552082 |
| Title | Inventing Elliot |
| Author | Graham Gardner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Children's Group |
| Year published | 2010-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Southern Schools Book Award 2005, Short-listed for Salford Book Award 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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