With fascination, Davie and his friend Geordie watch the arrival of a new boy, Stephen Rose, in their town. He seems to have come from nowhere, and when he arrives to live with his distant aunt, the local Crazy Mary, no one envies his new home. But perhaps he's the answer to Davie and Geordie's prayers - a secret weapon in their war against monstrous Mouldy and his gang. Intrigued, Davie and Geordie befriend Stephen. But they are heading innocently down a path that brings with it a monster of an entirely unexpected nature. Their encounter with the mysterious Stephen is as incredible as it is menacing, and as the true story of Stephen's past slowly emerges, Davie's life is changed for ever.A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.Clay was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted by the BBC into a feature-length film.(P) Hodder Children's Books 2005
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An effective, engaging story.
A stunning novel from the multi-award winning author of the modern children's classic Skellig. Clay was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted by the BBC into a feature-length film.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781444915891
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Hodder Children's Books
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Lydfil

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Biographical note

David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcières (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature. David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born. www.davidalmond.com Trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama, he won the Carleton-Hobbs Award which led to a season with the BBC Radio Rep., - and he's never looked back. One of our hardest-working actors, his high-profile TV roles include "In Denial of Murder", "Grafters", "BallykissAngel", " Drop The Dead Donkey", "All Quiet on the Preston Front", and "Downwardly Mobile" - he won the Top TV Comedy Actor award in 1994 - "Bedtime", "Ted & Alice", "Lucky Jim" and "In Deep" (3 series). In recent years, he's starred in such West End productions as "Tartuffe", "Art", "Arsenic and Old Lace", and "Rattle of a Simple Man". He appeared in a new play, "Cloaca" at the Old Vic in late 2004. He starred in the memorable British film "Brassed Off", also "Hotel Splendide" and "Treacle".