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Jon for Short

Paperback

Jon wakes up in hospital from one nightmare into another: he has no arms and can remember nothing – except his name. Tense and horrifying, Malorie Blackman's chilling tale compels the reader to its chilling climax.

Jon keeps waking up from a recurring bad dream to find that he is missing his arms and parts of his legs. Kept constantly sedated, as Jon's body disappears his nightmare gets worse. The nurses seem to hate him and the doctor won't answer his questions. Who is Joe? Why do they keep calling him by that name?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 7.

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-195-5

Interest age

13+

Reading age

7

Accelerated Reader Level

3.6

Publication Date

12-03-2013

Format

Paperback

Pages

96 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Jon wakes up in hospital from one nightmare into another: he has no arms and can remember nothing – except his name. Tense and horrifying, Malorie Blackman's chilling tale compels the reader to its chilling climax.

Jon keeps waking up from a recurring bad dream to find that he is missing his arms and parts of his legs. Kept constantly sedated, as Jon's body disappears his nightmare gets worse. The nurses seem to hate him and the doctor won't answer his questions. Who is Joe? Why do they keep calling him by that name?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 7.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Vladimir Stankovic

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-195-5

Reading age

7

Interest age

13+

Accelerated Reader Level

3.6

Publication Date

12-03-2013

Format

Paperback

Pages

96 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Jon wakes up in hospital from one nightmare into another: he has no arms and can remember nothing – except his name. Tense and horrifying, Malorie Blackman's chilling tale compels the reader to its chilling climax.

Jon keeps waking up from a recurring bad dream to find that he is missing his arms and parts of his legs. Kept constantly sedated, as Jon's body disappears his nightmare gets worse. The nurses seem to hate him and the doctor won't answer his questions. Who is Joe? Why do they keep calling him by that name?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 7.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Vladimir Stankovic

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.