Description
| Product ID: | 9781509874057 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | I Am Thunder |
| Authors: | Author: Muhammad Khan |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Religious issues / debates, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), School stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: religious issues (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A shy girl trying to find her place in the world is forced to stand up and be heard when she uncovers a dangerous secret in this Branford Boase Award-winning first novel from Muhammad Khan. <p><b><i>I Am Thunder </i>is the Branford Boase Award-winning debut YA novel which questions how far you'll go to stand up for what <i>you </i>believe.</b><br><br>Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is used to being invisible. So no one is more surprised than her when Arif Malik, the hottest boy in school, takes a sudden interest.<br><br>But Arif is hiding a terrible secret and, as they begin to follow a dark path, Muzna faces an impossible choice: keep quiet and betray her beliefs, or speak out and betray her heart.<br><br>Muhammad Khan's stunning, multi-award winning YA writing gets right to the centre of what it means to be an urban teenager today.<br><br><b>'An uplifting, empowering novel with hope at its heart' <i>Observer Children's Book of the Week</i></b><br><br><b><i>'</i>Funny and clever - a perspective long overdue in British fiction' Alex Wheatle, author of <i>Crongton Knights</i></b><br><br><b><i>'</i>This one is special . . . punches well above the weight of most debuts' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>'This assured, hopeful debut feels unprecedented and essential' <i>Guardian</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-01-25 |
