Smart by Kim Slater
An evocative and compelling debut for fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
It's painful to see how Kieran is treated, but heart-warming when people realise what he is capable of and how he doesn't hold the prejudices against other people as most of us might doSmart leaves you with the hope that this realisation will extend beyond Kieran and will soon become a part of everyday life * transatlanticbibliophilia.blogspot.co.uk *
He is a real modern day hero and well worth investing in. I couldn’t recommend this book enough. -- Anne Hammond * ThirteenFourteen *
He is a real modern day hero and well worth investing in. I couldn’t recommend this book enough. -- Anne Hammond * ThirteenFourteen *
Kim Slater honed her storytelling skills as a child, writing macabre tales specially designed to scare her younger brother! Taking her literary inspiration from everyday life, Kim's debut novel, Smart, has won four regional prizes and been shortlisted for over twenty regional and national awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize. Smart was also longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal. Kim lives in Nottingham with her husband and has one grown-up daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447236672 |
| ISBN 10 | 144723667X |
| Title | Smart |
| Author | Kim Slater |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2015-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 (UK) |
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