Twenty Questions for Gloria by Martyn Bedford
Two go missing. One comes back. Gloria is tired of her ordinary life. She barely recognizes the free-spirited girl she used to be in the unadventurous teenager she has become. So when a mysterious boy bent on breaking the rules strolls into her classroom, Gloria is ready to fall under his spell. Uman is funny, confident and smart. He does whatever he likes and doesn't care what anyone thinks of him. The only people for him are the mad ones, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn. He is everything Gloria wishes to be. He can whisk her away from the life she loathes and show her a more daring, more exciting one, in which the only limits are the boundaries of her own boldness. But Uman in not all he seems and by the time she learns the truth about him, she is a long way from home and everyone wants to know, Where's Gloria?
Twenty Questions for Gloria is full of suspense and mystery and it was absolutely impossible to put down* Written Word Worlds *
Oh. So. Good. Immediately good. Through and through good. For one thing, I love me a psychological thriller. For another, this was so much more than that. It was tender, raw, bittersweet. It's kind of a thriller turned up on it's head. * The Golden Adventures of a Very Dark Horse *
This is a subtle and moving book, with great insights into the psyche of its characters. Gloria and Uman will live on in the reader’s mind long after the book has been closed. * Reading Time *
I still wanted to know what was going on and it did keep my attention. 3/5 * My Life in Books *
A most engrossing read. Highly recommended. * Read Plus *
Engaged, in fact, to the very last sentence! * Magpies Magazine *
Oh. So. Good. Immediately good. Through and through good. For one thing, I love me a psychological thriller. For another, this was so much more than that. It was tender, raw, bittersweet. It's kind of a thriller turned up on it's head. * The Golden Adventures of a Very Dark Horse *
This is a subtle and moving book, with great insights into the psyche of its characters. Gloria and Uman will live on in the reader’s mind long after the book has been closed. * Reading Time *
I still wanted to know what was going on and it did keep my attention. 3/5 * My Life in Books *
A most engrossing read. Highly recommended. * Read Plus *
Engaged, in fact, to the very last sentence! * Magpies Magazine *
Martyn Bedford is the author of Never Ending (2014) and Flip (2011), which was shortlisted for the Costa Award, named a Red House Pick of the Year, won four regional awards (The Sheffield Children's Book Award, the Calderdale Book of the Year Award, the Bay Book Award, the Immanuel College Book Award) and was shortlisted for several others. Martyn lives in West Yorkshire.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781406363531 |
| ISBN 10 | 1406363537 |
| Title | Twenty Questions for Gloria |
| Author | Martyn Bedford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Walker Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Coventry Inspiration Children’s Book Award 2017 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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