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Reek

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Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thriller from bestselling sci-fi author Alastair Chisholm.

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air.

Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr’s stranglehold on the air supply. But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-80090-258-9

Interest age

9+

Reading age

8

Publication Date

18-07-2024

Format

Paperback

Pages

152 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thriller from bestselling sci-fi author Alastair Chisholm.

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air.

Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr’s stranglehold on the air supply. But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Alastair Chisholm, Illustrated by George Caltsoudas

Alastair Chisholm is the bestselling author of the sci-fi adventures Orion Lost, Adam 2 and The Consequence Girl, the fantasy Dragon Storm series and dystopian novels I Am Wolf and I Am Raven. His books have been shortlisted for major literary prizes including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award, the Biblio Buzz Award, the Inspire ELS Book Awards and Sakura Medal. Adam 2 was Blackwell’s Book of the Year and I Am Wolf was selected as Peters Junior Fiction Book of the Year.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-80090-258-9

Reading age

8

Interest age

9+

Publication Date

18-07-2024

Format

Paperback

Pages

152 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thriller from bestselling sci-fi author Alastair Chisholm.

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air.

Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr’s stranglehold on the air supply. But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Alastair Chisholm, Illustrated by George Caltsoudas

Alastair Chisholm is the bestselling author of the sci-fi adventures Orion Lost, Adam 2 and The Consequence Girl, the fantasy Dragon Storm series and dystopian novels I Am Wolf and I Am Raven. His books have been shortlisted for major literary prizes including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award, the Biblio Buzz Award, the Inspire ELS Book Awards and Sakura Medal. Adam 2 was Blackwell’s Book of the Year and I Am Wolf was selected as Peters Junior Fiction Book of the Year.