Cloud Busting
Puffin Poetry
$32.25
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
29 December 2020
Summary
Malorie Blackman’s CLOUD BUSTING presented in a new, Puffin Poetry edition for the first time.
CLOUD BUSTING is a lyrical story written in verse, that celebrates friendship and individuality.
Despite his Mum’s insistence, Sam doesn’t want to be friends with Davey. He thinks Davey’s a first class, grade A, total moron. But when the two boys are thrown together a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440866152 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440866154 |
| Author: | Malorie Blackman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Yearling |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 29 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 14mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers * Book Trust *
One of the most original and moving books of the year … an absolutely remarkable book * Daily Mail *
Inspired writing … it flows like melted butter and glistens as it goes … Blackman knows her verse forms and uses them to brilliant effect * Guardian *
It is funny and poignant and Blackman’s use of language is wonderfully economic. This is a masterpiece of writing and a book for all ages * TES *
It soon develops into a cautionary tale about the way that both a friendship and a child’s originality is destroyed by peer pressure. What makes it even more unusual is that it is told out of the mind of the boy who brought about the destruction. Blackman threads humour into the tragedy and (just) succeeds in giving us something to hope for * Independent *
Hats off to Malorie Blackman … Sheer poetry * Oxford Times *
About The Author
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z’s entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children’s Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children’s in summer 2019.
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