Tina's Web
Published on 17. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-9551566-1-8 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for The Marsh Award 2009
Tina's life in Germany had been so happy, it never occurred to her that one day her parents might split. Or - worse still - send her back to Greece to live with her grandmother!
But Tina doesn't mind anything anymore. She's found the answer. With the help of her friend Wick, and a really amazing little blue pill... then lots more amazing little pills... then lots of really incredible lies...
Sometimes it's as if she's in heaven, sometimes she's crashing back down to earth, and now - there's no return. Or is there?
Tina's life in Germany had been so happy, it never occurred to her that one day her parents might split. Or - worse still - send her back to Greece to live with her grandmother!
But Tina doesn't mind anything anymore. She's found the answer. With the help of her friend Wick, and a really amazing little blue pill... then lots more amazing little pills... then lots of really incredible lies...
Sometimes it's as if she's in heaven, sometimes she's crashing back down to earth, and now - there's no return. Or is there?
Reviews / Votes
"Written with a fine and original humour, with a discreet sense of the innocent happiness of childhood... within the borders of a world that collapses...the theme of the novel is universal." James Forman, New York Times"Alki Zei's work - addressed to children but also read with great interest by grown-ups - is innovative and avant-garde. Her themes (recent history, social problems -- divorce, drugs -- contemporary problems of bourgeois society - consumerism, transcultural relations) occupy the mind and interest of the child of today. This fact is reaffirmed not only by the frequent reprinting of Alki Zei's books in Greece but also of her many publications, in translation, abroad. Alki Zei has definitely contributed to the renewal of children's literature thanks to the aesthetic, social and educational value of her work." Ada Katsiki-Givalou, Professor of Greek and Children's Literature, University of Athens
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Twickenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Aurora Metro Publications
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Fifth Grade and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9551566-1-8 (9780955156618)
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Persons
Alki Zei is an award-winning Greek author who has written over a dozen books for children. In 1992, she won the National Award for Children's Literature (Greece) and has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature. Her books have been translated into many languages.
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