A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd - ISBN: 9780241331200
Paperback
Grief, faith, and forbidden love ignite a devastating small-town scandal.

A Swift Pure Cry

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2018

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Summary

Reissued with a stunning new cover for the Originals series of iconic teen fiction.

After Shell’s mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan, charming, eloquent and persuasive.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241331200
ISBN-10:024133120X
Author:Siobhan Dowd
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:15 October 2018
Weight:246g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 25mm
Series:The Originals
About The Author

Siobhan Dowd

Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person.

Siobhan’s first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize.

Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery, won the 2007 NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children’s Book Award. In March 2008, the book was shortlisted for the prestigious Children’s Books Ireland Bisto Awards.

Siobhan’s third novel, Bog Child, was the first book to be posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2008.

The award-winning novel A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness was based on an idea of Siobhan’s. Her novella, The Ransom of Dond, was published in 2013, illustrated throughout by Pam Smy.

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