Almost Nothing Happened
Published on 3. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-5266-4620-0 (ISBN)
Description
Paris. August. One long summer of nothing. 48 hours of everything. From the inimitable Meg Rosoff comes a chaotic and irresistible new YA.
17-year-old Callum is facing an unfortunate truth: his summer exchange in rural France was a failure. No epic adventure, no summer fling, and his French is still rubbish. Just as he should be boarding the Eurostar home, without even a hint of a plan, Callum impulsively decides to stay (and doesn't bother telling his parents).
He only knows one person in Paris: his long-lost cousin, Harrison, an oboist. As night falls on the hottest weekend of the year, an adventure begins - involving a motorbike, a curfew, a stolen oboe, a priceless Matisse painting, at least one police chase, a climate protest and the enigmatic, alluring, irresistible Lilou ...
A completely delicious, funny, fast-paced summer read from the multi-award-winning author of How I Live Now, The Great Godden and Friends Like These.
17-year-old Callum is facing an unfortunate truth: his summer exchange in rural France was a failure. No epic adventure, no summer fling, and his French is still rubbish. Just as he should be boarding the Eurostar home, without even a hint of a plan, Callum impulsively decides to stay (and doesn't bother telling his parents).
He only knows one person in Paris: his long-lost cousin, Harrison, an oboist. As night falls on the hottest weekend of the year, an adventure begins - involving a motorbike, a curfew, a stolen oboe, a priceless Matisse painting, at least one police chase, a climate protest and the enigmatic, alluring, irresistible Lilou ...
A completely delicious, funny, fast-paced summer read from the multi-award-winning author of How I Live Now, The Great Godden and Friends Like These.
Reviews / Votes
Nobody writes like Meg Rosoff. An absolute masterclass in voice * Holly Bourne * This book is pure wit. Nobody captures the teenage experience quite like Meg Rosoff, and here it is laid out in all its mortifying, sweaty, hilarious, brilliant glory. A caper of the highest order * Katya Balen * Adore it. Pure unmissable fun and wisdom combined * Amanda Craig * The latest coming-of-age story from the bestselling, award-winning author will be devoured by teens everywhere * iNews * Slapstick comedy meets coming-of-age pathos in a gloriously witty adventure encapsulating all the awkwardness and yearning of being 17 * Guardian * As ever with Rosoff, the voice is pitch-perfect - that beautifully adolescent mix of longing and sharp, clueless and world-weary - and the story compulsively readable * Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-4620-0 (9781526646200)
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Meg Rosoff
Almost Nothing Happened
E-Book
08/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury YA
€7.49
Available for download
Meg Rosoff
Almost Nothing Happened
E-Book
08/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury YA
€7.49
Available for download
Person
Meg Rosoff is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Printz Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and the coveted Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London, where she worked in advertising for fifteen years before writing her first novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than one million copies in thirty-six territories.
She has written critically acclaimed and award-bedecked books for adults, teenagers and younger readers. Almost Nothing Happened follows The Great Godden and Friends Like These, three coming-of-age novels which share a summer theme.
Meg lives in London and spends her summers on the Suffolk coast.
She has written critically acclaimed and award-bedecked books for adults, teenagers and younger readers. Almost Nothing Happened follows The Great Godden and Friends Like These, three coming-of-age novels which share a summer theme.
Meg lives in London and spends her summers on the Suffolk coast.