Inventing Elliot
Published on 4. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-84255-208-7 (ISBN)
Description
After being bullied mercilessly, Elliot is determined to reinvent himself when he moves house with Mum and Dad and goes to a new school. He is going to be so cool that no one will touch him. He's going to stand out just enough not to get noticed.
But he is too successful, and he does get noticed by the Guardians. They are a mysterious group of three who manipulate others and run the school with a reign of terror. They invite Elliot to become one of them. He faces an agonising decision, whether to use this new found power or risk standing up for himself and facing the consequences.
But he is too successful, and he does get noticed by the Guardians. They are a mysterious group of three who manipulate others and run the school with a reign of terror. They invite Elliot to become one of them. He faces an agonising decision, whether to use this new found power or risk standing up for himself and facing the consequences.
Reviews / Votes
Powerfully written ... don't expect to be able to put Inventing Elliot down * Time Out * Chilling, powerfully written and occasionally disturbing * Irish Times * An extraordinary novel ... powerful and intense * Birmingham Post * Taut with menace from the very first page * The Daily Telegraph * Taut and compelling * Financial Times * A compulsively readable story * Time Out * Astonishingly good * Bristol Evening Post * A powerful first novel full of psychological realism * The Bookseller * Marks the arrival of an important new talent ... the journey the story takes always surprises and sometimes shocks with its intensity * The Bookseller * Elliot's dilemma makes riveting reading * The Children's Bookseller * A highly intelligent book * Ireland on Sunday * Best first novel of the year, without a doubt * The Scotsman * A stunning debut novel ... deeply satisfying and absorbing * Children's Books, Ireland Magazine * Intensely written and utterly gripping * The Tablet *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84255-208-7 (9781842552087)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Graham Gardner is the second of ten children. He has worked as a bookseller, waiter, civil servant and is now an academic researcher in the Institute of Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, specialising in monitoring and analysing long term trends in the UK countryside. He is also a keen musician, playing rock and classical piano.