The White Mercedes
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441875646 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 131 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His acclaimed trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published in thirty-nine languages The Amber Spyglass, the trilogy’s astonishing finale, was the first children’s book in history to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. It was also nominated for the Booker Prize. When he is not writing books, Pullman enjoys drawing, woodworking, and playing the piano. . He lives with his family in Oxford, England. Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, En
Young Adult IS appropriate Enough with Romeo and Juliet, enough with 'near-pornography'! The fact that this is a tragedy reminiscent of Shakespeare is used as a contrast of R&J, not a retelling.Its flaws are of logical plot turns and character, not a misplacement in the young adult g. Nicolio said Three Stars. Says tragedy right on the front. I should not complain.. "An odd, unsettling, but hard-to-put-down book" according to Biblibio. "The White Mercedes" was a tricky read. I found certain parts wholly realistic and understandable, raised my eyebrows in surprise at others, enjoyed some, and shivered with fear at the end.Why? Because this is an unpredictable book. Not in terms of plot (th
. Naive and well-intentioned, 17-year-old Chris has love, not murder, on his mind when he meets and later beds Jenny (described in lyric and intimate detail), who has run away from her abusive father. From the first line--"Chris Marshall met the girl he was going to kill on a warm night in early June"--the sense of imminent evil and inexorable doom builds unrelentingly to the novel's violent, gutwrenching climax. Indeed, it is precisely Chris's trusting nature and sense of justice that cause the youth to be duped by a vengeful felon into causing Jenny's death--and only then because she is mistaken for someone else. Ages 12-up. From Publishers Weekly The menacing darkness that lurked at the edges of Pullman's trilogy of Victorian-era thrillers ( The Ruby in the Smoke et al.) comes to the fore in this contemporary tale of shattered innocence and betrayed love set in Oxford, England. Its evocative narrative and throat-tightening suspense make this novel a compelling read; howe
Before he knows it, he's caught in the sinister web of a criminal whose desire for revenge crushes all those who stand in his way.. Busy with his job and soon in love with Jenny, whose cheerful surface belies the dark uncertainty of her past, Chris misses all the signs of danger. A chance meeting with Jenny at an Oxford party leaves seventeen-year-old Chris with hope for a summer romance - and no premonition of trouble