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Blood Family

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552567633

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £7.99

Blood Family

Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he is seven.

Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done. Sent to live with a kindly foster family, and then adopted, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Even as a teenager it’s still clear to his new family and schoolmates there’s something odd about him.

Then one fateful day, Edward catches a glimpse of himself in a photograph. What he sees shocks him to the core – a vision of Harris. Was this monster his father all along? And does that mean that, deep down, another Harris is waiting to break out?

Every step of progress Edward has made swiftly begins to unravel, and he has to decide whether his blood will determine his future.

  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens

  • ISBN: 9780552567633

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • Strong stuff from a writer who is never afraid to be outspoken

    Nicholas Tucker, Independent

  • Reading Anne Fine’s work is always a challenge as well as a delight. She’s like a difficult relative who appears at family events and tells everyone a few home truths, yet gets away with it because she has such a wickedly witty turn of phrase

    Tony Bradman, Guardian

  • A riveting read

    The Bookseller

  • Once again Fine proves why she is such a prolific author with this dangerous and dark new book . . . Evocative, emotional and beautifully imagined

    We Love This Book

  • Excellent

    Marilyn Brocklehurst, The Bookseller

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About the Author

Anne Fine

Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.

Anne Fine

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