The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the
author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM. "You were born raging,
Frances Frida Ripley. That's what happens when you're born in a
storm." Frances's parents were not prepared for her birth: they had
a blanket and an easel and some paint, but not anything useful,
like a car or a phone. So it's no wonder Frankie has always had a
temper. She was born on a BEACH, in a STORM. What Frances was not
prepared for was dying in a freak natural disaster that wiped out
her whole town. Waking up 100 years later, Frances finds a whole
load of new things to be angry about. And that's before the
visitors start turning up, treating her home like it's a tourist
attraction. Which it is. Only there are worse people out there than
tourists... and they're coming for Frankie. Frankie is about to
discover that there are things more important than herself - and
that anger has its uses. Because when you have a storm inside you -
sometimes the only thing to do is let it out...
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Wonderful story!
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 | Review
by: Martin B.
Wow – what a book! Such an original story, telling the tale of one girl’s angry journey from a quirky, loving home-life to a haunting spectacle a hundred years in the future. Just like Bloom (Nicola Skinner’s first children’s novel) Storm mixes authentic, believable reality with unique, outrageous magic. It’s brilliantly written too, with a great take on how our language might evolve over the next couple of centuries. I loved it!
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