LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Winner of The Branford Boase Award 2014 - Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2014 - Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards 2014, 14-16 age category - One of our Must Reads of 2013.
Shot through with danger as adolescence can be, this is a powerful coming of age novel which combines dark realities with optimism and naivety. When Iris's mother takes off on a road trip, things at home begin to fall apart. The arrival of a family of travellers close by sets off a chain of events which leads to tragedy. But Iris sees Trick and his family differently; she knows he isn't the boy his is made out to be. But, when everything spirals out of control, will she ever be able to feel the same about him? Beautifully written, this is a poignant story of young love from a talented new author.
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Infinite Sky Synopsis
Winner of the Branford Boase award 2014 A truly beautiful book about the summer that changed one girl's life - one in which her mum leaves home, travellers set up camp in the family's field, her older brother goes off the rails, and she falls in love for the very first time. Opening with a funeral, Iris is mourning the boy in the casket - but who is it? Sam, her tearaway brother, or Trick, her tentative boyfriend? Over one long hot summer, we find out just how their three lives were turned upside-down.
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9781471123498 |
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14th July 2014 |
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C. J. Flood |
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Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd |
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Paperback |
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282 pages |
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About C. J. Flood
C. J. Flood was born in Derby. She studied English Literature at Falmouth College of Art, and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia where she won the Curtis Brown Award. Her debut novel, Infinite Sky, won the 2014 Branford Boase Award, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Nightwanderers is her second novel. Chelsey lives in Bristol where she lectures in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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A Piece of Passion from the Editor, Venetia Gosling
Infinite Sky is one of the books I'm most excited about publishing next year. Simply and beautifully written, it's the heart-breaking story of the summer Iris experiences love and loss for the first time.
When Iris;s mum leaves home, her brother, Sam, goes off the rails and her dad is left trying to hold it all together. So when a family of travellers sets up camp illegally in front of their farm, it's the catalyst for a stand-off that can only end in disaster. But to 13-year-old Iris, it's all an adventure. She secretly strikes up a friendship with the gypsy boy, Trick, and discovers that home can be something as simple as a carved out circle in a field full of corn.
Starting as it ends, with a funeral, Infinite Sky keeps us guessing about the identity of the boy Iris is left mourning - is it her tearaway brother, Sam, or Trick, her tentative new boyfriend? The conclusion is devastating, and will make you cry. A stunning read from a really talented new author -whose writing reminds me of early Meg Rosoff and David Almond - this is a book to fall in love with. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did.