Name: The Final Year
SKU: 55584416
Price: 234.00 ZAR
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Author: Joe Todd-Stanton
ISBN: 9781915659040

Type

Physical Book

Author

Matt Goodfellow

Illustrated by

Joe Todd-Stanton

Publisher

Otter-Barry Books

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781915659040

Synopsis "The Final Year"

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to high school. Nate is ready for it all, knowing his best friend PS at his side - they've been inseparable since Nursery.But when they are put in two different classes and PS finds a new friend in Turner, the school bully, his world turns upside-down. As he struggles to make sense of this and forge new friendships, he's dealt another blow when his youngest brother, Dylan is rushed into hospital.His new teacher, Mr Joshua, sees a spark inside of Nate that's lit by his love of reading and writing and shows him how to use this to make sense of what's going on. But with so much working against him, and anger rising inside him, will this be enough?This powerful and lyrical story, told in verse, about finding your place in the world and the people that matter within it explores themes of family, identity, belonging, navigating friendships and the hardships of everyday life in a working class family in the North of England. With line drawings by award-winning illustrator, Joe Todd-Stanton.

Joe Todd-Stanton

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Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton, where his mother taught him to draw. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in illustration from the University of the West of England and is now an author and illustrator of books and graphic novels. His first illustrated book, The Secret of Black Rock, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and The Comet, the Yoto Carnegies Shadowers' Choice Award. Joe lives in London.

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