The Unknowns
$19.02
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2017
Summary
Tilly is perched at the top of Belfast’s largest crane. She likes to climb up high at night in order to feel free from a city which, despite the best PR, is still full of trouble and conflict. Eventually, she comes back down to discover her bike is missing and in its place is a boy named Brew. Wearing eyeliner and high-heeled boots, he offers her a drink from his flask of coffee before disappearing into the night. The next morning, Tilly’s bike is returned, but tucked into the spoke of the wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349002538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349002533 |
| Author: | Shirley-Anne McMillan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | ATOM |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2017 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
A commendable message, delivered without finger-wagging, in a brisk and breezy novel that, despite the heavy subject matter, had me laughing aloud more than once. - Irish Independent on A Good Hiding
The idealism and optimism presented here is carefully balanced out with gritty realism and a sense of humour; like many YA novels this book features a smart and insightful love interest who helps the heroine change how she sees the world, but in this case he also wears eyeliner, identifies as bisexual and has the self-awareness to occasionally ask, in the middle of his philosophical musings, “Do I sound like a d**k?” This is a thought-provoking and hopeful read from a writer to watch. - Irish TimesAbout The Author
Shirley-Anne McMillan
Shirley-Anne McMillan was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. She studied at Queen’s University, Belfast and Manchester Metropolitan University. Shirley-Anne wrote and performed with Belfast-based arts group, Ikon, for several years and she currently lives in South Down where she spends her time as a writer, schools worker and mum.
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