Seth er i ferd med å drukne. Han er desperat og alene i sin siste stund. Men så våkner han. Han er naken, tørst og sulten. Men han er i live. Hvordan er dette mulig? Han husker at han døde. Han husker hvordan beina brakk og hvordan hodet traff steinene. Så hvordan havnet han her…
A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. How is that possible? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy …
From two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness comes an enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life - or perhaps afterlife - of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world. A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as …
Conor (13) woont samen met zijn moeder die kanker heeft. Hij heeft nachtmerries. Als er op een nacht een monster bij zijn huis staat en hem roept, is hij dan ook niet erg verbaasd. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
The monster showed up just after midnight. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is someth…
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.