Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess
Set in the future as two rival gangs, the Volsons and the Connors, struggle to control London. The city is almost cut off from the rest of the country and surrounded by the Halfman Lands - a desolate area populated by creatures, Halfmen, the results of genetic experiments to create living killing machines. Val Volson dreams of uniting the two factions by giving his 14-year-old daughter, Signy, as a bride to the rival ganglord, Connor. A shocking betrayal almost wipes out the Volsons - only Signy and her twin brother, Siggy, survive. The fate of both gangs, and of London, is in their hands, but both must pay a terrible price for power.
Melvin Burgess began to train as a journalist and has had jobs as diverse as bricklaying and silk-screen printing. An Enterprise Allowance Scheme gave him the chance to develop his writing and his children's books are now highly regarded. Melvin wonthe 1997 Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal for his powerful novel, JUNK. He lives in Manchester.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141306896 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141306890 |
| Title | Bloodtide |
| Author | Melvin Burgess |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2001-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year 2001 |
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