Far From You
By (Author) Tess Sharpe
Hachette Children's Group
Orion Children's Books
26th May 2015
2nd April 2015
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
813.6
Commended for Carnegie Medal 2015
Paperback
352
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 22mm
261g
Nine months. Two weeks. Six days.
That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend Mina died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong - a deal they think Sophie set up. Only Sophie knows the truth. She and Mina shared a secret, but there was no drug deal. Mina was deliberately murdered. Forced into rehab for a drug addiction she'd already beaten, Sophie's finally out and on the trail of the killer. But can she track them down before they come for herFrom the author of The Girls I've Been, soon to be a Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown.Ultra-condensed review is basically along the lines of buy this right now - top five of the last decade for me, maybe top three. If you're a fan of great teen books in general, or great LGBT teen books in particular, you really can't afford to miss out on this - YA YA YEAH
If you're a fan of emotional reads full of secrets and complex relationships then you won't want to miss this brilliant debut - JESS HEARTS BOOKSI don't even know where to start with this book. It's completely captivated me and I feel emotionally drained by the entire thing. One thing's for certain and that's that this is one hell of a debut. I may as well give Tess Sharpe my money right now because I know I'll be reading her work from here on - UNCORKED THOUGHTSWhilst on the surface, this is a tense, fast-paced thriller filled with intrigue and mystery, underneath lies a beautifully crafted and heart-breaking story of two girls' relationship as they try to understand, and deal with, their feelings for one another as well as how these feelings affect those closest to them ... FAR FROM YOU is a truly gripping and exciting read that will have many readers having to finish it in just the one sitting. A brilliant debut novel from Sharpe that will leave readers eager for more from this talented writer - WE LOVE THIS BOOKBorn in a mountain cabin to a punk rocker mother, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural Northern California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a growing cabal of slightly feral cats. She's the author of THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN, which is being made into a Netflix film.
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