Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
After studying linguistics and working as a magazine writer and editor, Rachel Delahaye now writes for children. Rachel was born in Australia but has lived in the UK since she was six years old. She lives in Bath and is married with two children and a dog called Rocket. Rachel’s first book for Troika published in May 2022, Day of the Whale, was nominated for a Carnegie Medal and her second book for Troika, Electric Life, published June 2023, has also been nominated for a Carnegie Medal.
Jean Sylvester is a typical, overthinking adolescent whose painful experience with parallel realities teaches her that while life involves her, it's not always all about her.
She thinks life isn't fair and wishes hers was different. When she witnesses a traumatic accident, she can't help but blame herself for the events leading up to it. In order to be free of the nightmare she has a choice: she can spiral into despair or reconcile herself with the fact that terrible things happen, and some can't be changed.
Splinters is a story about so many things. It starts by looking at the change in our priorities as we move into our teenage years - our desperation for independence and happiness; our vulnerability to change; our misery when
things don't turn out as we hoped. There are two things that let you down in life: high expectations and other people.
When you look in the mirror, who looks back?
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
After studying linguistics and working as a magazine writer and editor, Rachel Delahaye now writes for children. Rachel was born in Australia but has lived in the UK since she was six years old. She lives in Bath and is married with two children and a dog called Rocket. Rachel’s first book for Troika published in May 2022, Day of the Whale, was nominated for a Carnegie Medal and her second book for Troika, Electric Life, published June 2023, has also been nominated for a Carnegie Medal.