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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

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Winner of the 2012 Branford Boase Award for an outstanding debut novel.

Heartbreaking and funny in equal measure, 10-year-old Jamie's direct and wide-eyed account of the emotional chaos he and his family live through following the death of his sister in a terrorist attack is poignant and warm-hearted. Beginning a new life in the Lake District with his older sister and his father, who mourns his daughter through alcohol and a wild rage against her killers, Jamie knows he should feel sadder than he does. The truth is, he can hardly remember his sister; and what is happening with his new school and new friends, especially Sunya, is more urgent – as is his yearning for his absent mother. Emotionally charged, this is a wonderfully touching story which never slips into worthiness.

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Begin reading this book and you'll be utterly mesmerised by the voice of a 10 year old boy whose family have quite frankly gone AWOL since one of his twin sisters was blown up by a terrorist bomb 5 years before.  Narrated by the boy, My Sister lives on a Mantelpiece  will bring both laughter and tears to the reader, both young and old but don't be put off by the main protagonist being only 10.  This is definitely a book for boys and girls aged 11+ and is a debut novel from an author with a bright future.

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