Literary agent for children's books
LAURA CECIL
Gulf by Robert Westall
Age range: young adult
* Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal (1993)
* Winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award
* Winner of the Lancashire County Children’s Book of the Year
* Category winner of the Federation of Children’s Book
Groups Award
* Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award
Inspired by the first Gulf War, and as relevant as ever, GULF is a hard-hitting psychological thriller, and a searing indictment of all wars. Andy suddenly begins to experience someone else’s life. It is as if his mind has been taken over by another boy, one who is fighting as an Iraqi soldier in the Gulf war.
As Andy slips further and further into this identity, his brother, Tom, looks on helplessly. How can he save Andy from being destroyed?
Rights : Laura Cecil
Publishers:
UK : Methuen
“remarkable ... original in theme, convincing in development,
deeply disturbing and thought provoking.”
Marcus Crouch JUNIOR BOOKSHELF
“Only a skilled storyteller could pull this off so successfully.
My book of the year”
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