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Annabel Pitcher

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece


Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2013
2013. 256 p. 20 cm
Verlag/Jahr: HACHETTE CHILDRENīS BOOKS 2013
ISBN: 1-78062-186-8 (1780621868)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78062-186-9 (9781780621869)

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A bestselling, moving, poignant yet gently funny novel about one boyīs struggle to deal with the aftermath of his sisterīs death in a terrorist attack. This book is more relevant today than ever.
A bestselling, moving, poignant yet gently funny novel about one boyīs struggle to deal with the aftermath of his sisterīs death in a terrorist attack. This book is more relevant today than ever.

Five years ago, Jamieīs sister, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His family is torn apart by their grief. His mum runs away. His dad turns to drink and hate. Roseīs surviving twin sister Jasmine stops eating, gets piercings and dyes her hair pink - anything to look different to her twin. But Jamie hasnīt cried in all that time. To him, Rose is just a distant memory.

Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his Spiderman T-shirt, and his deep longing and unshakeable belief that his Mum will come back to the family she walked out on months ago.

But moving away for a Fresh New Start introduces Jamie to something else very interesting - a girl named Sunya. Sunya is bright, exciting and fun, and the one person at school he can call a friend. But how far can this new friendship grow when Jamie is desperate that his dad doesnīt find out?
This is a warm-hearted, funny tale which will by turns make your spirit soar and your heart break... Painfully honest and beautifully written, youīll devour it - and hopefully be left looking at the world a little differently. COSMOPOLITAN
Pitcher, Annabel

Annabel graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature and an ambition to be a childrenīs author. She had a variety of jobs before deciding to travel the world and focus on writing. Annabel now lives in Yorkshire with her husband and two young sons.

Her first book, MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE, won the Branford Boase and a Betty Trask Award in 2012 and KETCHUP CLOUDS won the 2014 Waterstones Childrenīs Prize. Annabelīs work has been shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards including the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Galaxy British Book Award and the Red House Childrenīs Book Award and longlisted for the Guardian Childrenīs Fiction Prize and the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal.

Visit Annabelīs website at www.annabelpitcher.com and follow her on Twitter @APitcherAuthor.