Call Down Thunder
Published on 5. July 2012
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-230-73800-3 (ISBN)
Description
Reve and his sister Mi are alone in the world -- their father is dead and their mother has abandoned them. Reve has to learn to be a man -- to fight, to fish, to live. He must protect Mi from the rest of the world; she is special, hears voices, can see things. She can call down thunder. Travelling to the big city to search for their mother, Reve and Mi get sucked into the squalid underworld of the sprawling barrio, where danger lurks around every corner, and each day is a fight for survival.
Reviews / Votes
Sharp as a blade and absorbing as quicksand . . . electrifying -- Meg Rosoff * Meg Rosoff * Every character is drawn with brilliant precision, gradually building up a portrait of a community that has, contrary to appearances, kept the two abandoned children alive in a society so violent and brutal that men fight with knives and machetes. It's a story about survival, loyalty and devotion, but it's also about heroism - always best to find in unexpected places as well as people -- Amanda Craig * The Times * Daniel Finn's Call Down Thunder tells how Reve, a young Mexican fisherman, struggles against corruption within and outside his small community. At a time in Young Adult publishing where concept is sometimes held to be more important than literary execution, this exciting story is also beautifully written -- Nicholas Tucker * The Independent, Children's Books of the Year * Daniel Finn's compelling Call Down Thunder is a brother-and-sister adventure set in the barrio which is sure to engage confident readers -- Amanda Craig * The Times, Children's Books of the Year * A book by an author who gets less attention than he deserves is Call Down Thunder by Daniel Finn. The story of siblings searching for their mother in a violent world, it is a richly -characterised tale by a skilled writer, reminiscent of Mal Peet -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times, Children's Books of the Year *More details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-73800-3 (9780230738003)
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Person
Daniel Finn is a well-travelled teacher and writer who has written several books for younger readers, published under another name. When he started to write TWO GOOD THIEVES, and then CALL DOWN THUNDER, he knew they would be different from anything else he'd done - so he started to lead a double life, with two names and two very different writing styles. He lives and works in Surrey, with his wife and two grown-up children.